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Personnel from the 345th and 21st Tactical Airlift Squadrons prepare to release a package out of the cargo bay of their C-130 Hercules aircraft, as Santa Claus (MGEN Alexander K. Davidson, commander, 22nd Air Force) stands by. Donated Christmas gifts are being parachuted onto local islands

Three crewmen, one dresses as Santa, push boxes out of a 374th Airlift Squadron C-130 Hercules aircraft while delivering 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

SSGT Tony Thompson, loadmaster with the 21st Tactical Airlift Squadron, watches as a Christmas Drop container floats toward its destination. The annual airdrop is a humanitarian effort providing aid to needy islanders throughout Micronesia during the holiday season

A sailor and a member of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4 do restoration work on the Spanish Wall, one of several civic action projects undertaken by the Seabees and crew members of the tank landing ship USS RACINE (LST 1191)

Construction Mechanic Third Class (CM3) Tina Lindner works on one of the many generators which act as auxiliary power sources during typhoons and power outages. These units can be transported to the field where they are used for power sources on job sites

Pallets of books for local schools are unloaded from the tank landing ship USS RACINE (LST 1191) as part of a civic action project

CHIEF Steelworker Ignacio P. Lopez rappels from a wall during a Civic Action Team training exercise. The team, composed of United States Navy construction battalion members, is deployed to the island of Yap to aid villagers with construction projects and offer vocational training

CAPT. Wayne Shatz, pilot with the 374th Tactical Airlift Wing, flies a Christmas Drop mission in a C-130 Hercules aircraft. The annual airdrop is a humanitarian effort providing aid to needy islanders throughout Micronesia during the holiday season

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

MASTER SGT. Edward Sanders (left) a mechanic from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas works on a forklift alternator with Chuuk mechanic, Naphan Aliven (center) and trainee, Joseph Aiten. SGT. Sanders 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

Hospital Corpsman 1ST Class Curtis K.A. Phillip teaches nursing students how to use an oxygen tank during a Civic Action Team-sponsored class at Yap Memorial Hospital. The team, comprised of United States Navy construction battalion members, is deployed to Yap to offer vocational training as well as to aid villagers with construction projects

Equipment Operator 2nd Class Emil A. Norby uses a backhoe to dig a waterline on the island of Yap. Norby, a U.S. Navy construction battalion member, is part of a Civic Action Team deployed to the island to aid villagers with construction projects and offer vocational training