Paratroopers from the U.S. Army 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 11th Airborne Division, board a C-130J Super Hercules in preparation for a joint forcible entry exercise during Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center 24-02 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.

Yokota News

  • OCD25 wraps up: delivering holiday cheer, supplies to Pacific islands

    Operation Christmas Drop 2025 came to an end at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 14, 2025.This year marks the 74th iteration, bringing together service members from the U.S., Canada, Japan, and Republic of Korea for the Department of War’s longest-running humanitarian airlift mission.Around 270

  • All Is Calm, All Is Rigged: 374 AEW CMF makes the mission bright at OCD25

    Delivering goodwill and cheer across the Pacific each holiday season, aircrew are one of many parts of the story of Operation Christmas Drop. The event’s success is shaped long before takeoff, forged through the long hours of patient, deliberate work by the 374th Air Expeditionary Wing combat

  • 374 AEW, partnering nations participate in elephant walk for OCD25

    A formation of C-130J Super Hercules and C-130H Hercules aircraft from the U.S. Air Force, Japan Air Self-Defense Force and Republic of Korea Air Force participate in an elephant walk during Operation Christmas Drop 2025, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 13, 2025.

  • Yokota C-130Js conduct post-flight wash during OCD25

    U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 374th Air Expeditionary Wing at Yokota Air Base, Japan, conducted post-flight washes, also known as a bird bath, after landing during Operation Christmas Drop 2025 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 9, 2025.

  • Push ceremony sets the OCD25 season in motion

    Leadership from the U.S. Air Force, partnering nations and community members gathered for a traditional “push ceremony” that marks the official beginning of Operation Christmas Drop 2025 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 8, 2025.

  • 374 AEW load up holiday cheer for OCD25

    U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 44th Aerial Port Squadron arrive with bundles to load onto a C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 374th Air Expeditionary Wing during Operation Christmas Drop 2025 at Andersen Air Base, Guam, Dec. 7, 2025. OCD25 continues to be an important annual tradition

  • Faces of OCD: The heart of the mission

    Brother Bruce and volunteers smile for a photo during the Operation Christmas Drop 2025 bundle build at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 6, 2025. OCD is the Department of War’s longest-running humanitarian airlift mission. It began in 1952 after a U.S. Air Force B-29 crew flying near Guam spotted