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Santa Clause (CPT Mike D'Albertis, 605th Military Airlift Support Squadron) and SSGT Tony Thompson, loadmaster with the 21st Tactical Airlift Squadron, watch as a Christmas Drop container is parachuted toward its destination. The annual airdrop is a humanitarian airdrop effort providing aid to needy islanders throughout Micronesia during the holiday season

Villagers on a Micronesian island wait for containers to be airdropped from a 347th Tactical Airlift Wing C-130 Hercules aircraft during Christmas drop. The annual airdrop is a humanitarian effort providing aid to needy islanders throughout Micronesia during the holiday season

Volunteers from the 44th Aerial Port Squadron, the 349th Field Maintenance Squadron, and the 605th Military Airlift Support Squadron pack Christmas gifts which will be airdropped onto islands in Micronesia

A package containing Christmas presents falls with its parachute onto a local island. The donated gifts were collected by volunteers from the 43rd Security Police Squadron, the 605th Military Airlift Support Squadron, and the 43rd Munitions Maintenance Squadron

A view of buildings on a Micronesian island as seen from the back of a 374th Tactical Airlift Wing C-130 Hercules aircraft. The plane will be airdropping containers onto the island during Christmas Drop, an annual, humanitarian airdrop providing aid to needy islanders throughout Micronesia during the holiday season

Engineering Aid Second Class (EA2) Sean Henderson is directing the unloading of pallets of supplies for detachment personnel of Civic Action Team Palau. Work continues through adverse weather conditions of sudden rain and tropical thunderstorms

Personnel from the 345th and 21st Tactical Airlift Squadrons stack boxes of Christmas gifts which will be airdropped onto islands in Micronesia

Builder 2nd Class James A. Corter inspects the title work of Jackson Saburo as the two work on a Civic Action Team project at McDonald Memorial Hospital, Palau. The team, composed of United States Navy construction battalion members, is deployed to the island to aid villagers with construction projects and offer vocational training

Construction Mechanic 2nd Class Timmy W. Albrecht plays with pets from his base camp at Palau. Albrecht is a United States (US) Navy construction battalion member assigned to Civic Action Team deployed to the area to aid villagers with construction projects and offer vocational training

Residents of Peleliu wade out to recover a box dropped from a 374th Airlift Squadron aircraft during the delivery of boxes of gifts to islanders of the Federated States of Micronesia. Flown by crews from the 345th and the 21st Airlift Squadrons, the C-130 is participating in Christmas Drop '92, the 40th anniversary of the humanitarian effort. Every Christmas since 1952, food, clothing, tools and toys donated by residents of Guam have been delivered by air to 40 Micronesian islands

MASTER SGT. Paul "Doc" Armistead, a medical technician from Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. checks the ears of Inaria Pulusou, a Chuukese girl. SGT. Armistead is a member of a thirteen man civic-action team, on 8-months temporary duty, and chartered to enhance the socio-economic development of Chuuk, while providing a U.S. military presence at this island 632 miles southeast of Guam. Exact Date Shot Unknown . Published in AIRMAN Magazine August 1997

A1C Donald Popp, 8th Mobile Aerial Port Squadron, repairs suspension lines on parachute prior to attaching packages to be delivered during Christmas Drop. The annual airdrop is a humanitarian effort providing aid to needy islanders throughout Micronesia during the holiday season