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A member of the 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

The governor of Saipan thanks Brig. GEN. Michael McCarthy, commander of the 374th Airlift Wing, for his unit's participation in Christmas Drop '92. On the 40th anniversary of the humanitarian effort, personnel and aircraft from the wing delivered gifts to islanders of the Federated States of Micronesia. Every year since 1952, food, clothing, tools and toys donated by residents of Guam have been delivered by air to 40 Micronesian islands

Children point to the sky as a 374th Airlift Wing aircraft passes over Peleliu 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

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

SENIOR CHIEF Builder (BUCS) Jeffrey Gilbert assist his shipmates as they measure and cut lengths of wood during the construction of an new barracks on the Seabee compound

Donated Christmas gifts collected by volunteers from the 43rd Security Police Squadron, the 605th Military Airlift Support Squadron, and the 43rd Munitions Maintenance Squadron are parachuted onto an island

A 374th Tactical Airlift Wing C-130 Hercules aircraft stands on the flight line after delivering Christmas Drop packages for Micronesian island people evacuated to Saipan because of a typhoon. The annual airdrop is humanitarian effort providing aid to needy islanders throughout Micronesia during the holiday season

A Chuukese apprentice, Farkos Kosam, practices masonry work under the guidance of TECH. SGT. John Stainer, a structures technician from Pope Air Force Base, N.C. SGT. Stainer 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

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