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  • Philippine Air Force comes to Kadena

    Members from the Philippine Air Force visited Kadena to learn about the base’s mission, aircraft and training facilities on December 5, 2023. The visit included tours around an F-15C Eagle, F-35A Lightning IIs, KC-135 Stratotanker, a HH-60G Pave Hawk, and the Kadena Innovation Lab (a place of

  • Gundam 22: An Operation Christmas Drop Tribute

    Team Yokota Airmen, with the help of multinational partners, packaged, decorated, signed, and dedicated a bundle of humanitarian aid during Operation Christmas Drop 2023 in honor of the 353rd Special Operations Wing and 363rd Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Wing Airmen who tragically

  • Love from above, gratitude from below

    The Pacific Ocean is incomprehensibly vast. With islands speckling it as the largest ocean on Earth, it holds within its waters the Republic of Palau, home to 18 thousand people and 340 islands.

  • Mokil Atoll native flies home for OCD

    Nanako Lipai, a Mokil Atoll native, and members of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force pose for a photo after a flight in support of Operation Christmas Drop 2023 (OCD 23), at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 6, 2023. This was Lipai’s third time flying during OCD but it was the first time she got to

  • FSM President joins US Ambassador, USAF for OCD 23 Push Ceremony

    In a heartwarming ceremony held at Andersen Air Force Base, dignitaries, military officials, and volunteers gathered for the annual Operation Christmas Drop Push Ceremony, Dec. 4. The event marked the official commencement of the humanitarian mission that delivers essential supplies and holiday

  • International delegates unite for Operation Christmas Drop 2023

    With smiles on their faces and Santa hats on their heads, crews from the U.S., Japan, Canada, Australia, the Republic of Korea, and the Philippines arrived at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, from Nov. 27-29 to kick off Operation Christmas Drop once again.

  • Merry Christmas, from Ray Overbey

    In the vast expanse of the Pacific, where turquoise waters meet an endless sky, there exists a tradition that transcends borders and brings hope to remote communities.