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Operation Christmas Drop

<img width="800" height="445" src="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Operation-Christmas-Drop-800x445.jpg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-image size-colormag-featured-image wp-post-image jetpack-lazy-image" alt="Operation Christmas Drop" data-attachment-id="8661" data-permalink="https://defpost.com/andersen-afb-host-66th-annual-operation-christmas-drop/u-s-raaf-and-jasdf-launch-operation-christmas-drop-2015/" data-orig-file="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Operation-Christmas-Drop-e1574099662824.jpg" data-orig-size="1920,1280" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"9","credit":"U.S. Air Force","camera":"NIKON D610","caption":"Cpl. Teome Matamua and Sgt. Phillip McIllvaney, Australian Army 176th Air Dispatch Squadron loadmasters, deliver the first low-cost, low-altitude bundle of Operation Christmas Drop 2015 to the island of MogMog, Dec. 8, 2015. Australian and Japanese C-130 aircrews for the first time joined U.S. Airmen during the 64th year of Operation Christmas Drop \u2013 a Humanitarian Aid\/Disaster Relief training event where C-130 aircrews perform LCLA airdrops on unsurveyed drop zones while providing critical supplies to 56 islands throughout the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, Federated States of Micronesia and Republic of Palau. It highlights the U.S. and allied airpower capabilities to orient and respond to activities in peacetime and crisis. (U.S. Air Force photo\/Staff Sgt. Katrina Brisbin)","created_timestamp":"1449505771","copyright":"U.S. Air Force","focal_length":"12","iso":"320","shutter_speed":"0.00625","title":"U.S., RAAF and JASDF launch Operation Christmas Drop 2015","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Operation Christmas Drop" data-image-description="<p>Cpl. Teome Matamua and Sgt. Phillip McIllvaney, Australian Army 176th Air Dispatch Squadron loadmasters, deliver the first low-cost, low-altitude bundle of Operation Christmas Drop 2015 to the island of MogMog, Dec. 8, 2015. Australian and Japanese C-130 aircrews for the first time joined U.S. Airmen during the 64th year of Operation Christmas Drop – a Humanitarian Aid/Disaster Relief training event where C-130 aircrews perform LCLA airdrops on unsurveyed drop zones while providing critical supplies to 56 islands throughout the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, Federated States of Micronesia and Republic of Palau. It highlights the U.S. and allied airpower capabilities to orient and respond to activities in peacetime and crisis. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Katrina Brisbin)</p> " data-medium-file="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Operation-Christmas-Drop-300x200.jpg" data-large-file="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Operation-Christmas-Drop-1024x683.jpg" data-lazy-src="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Operation-Christmas-Drop-800x445.jpg?is-pending-load=1" srcset="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" />

Andersen AFB to Host 68th Annual Operation Christmas Drop

November 18, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Andersen AFB, Guam, Operation Christmas Drop, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA, USAF 36th Wing

The 68th iteration of Operation Christmas Drop is set to take to the Pacific skies, Dec. 9 hosted by the

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USAF RQ-4 Global Hawk at Eielson AFB

<img width="800" height="445" src="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/RQ-4-Global-Hawk-Eielson-800x445.jpg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-image size-colormag-featured-image wp-post-image jetpack-lazy-image" alt="USAF RQ-4 Global Hawk at Eielson AFB" data-attachment-id="17641" data-permalink="https://defpost.com/us-air-force-rq-4-global-hawk-historic-first-landing-eielson-afb-red-flag-alaska-18-3/global-hawk-makes-historic-first-landing-at-red-flag-alaska/" data-orig-file="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/RQ-4-Global-Hawk-Eielson.jpg" data-orig-size="1920,1080" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"5.6","credit":"9th Reconnaissance Wing","camera":"NIKON D800","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1534457143","copyright":"Public Domain","focal_length":"85","iso":"500","shutter_speed":"0.01","title":"Global Hawk makes historic first landing at RED FLAG Alaska","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="USAF RQ-4 Global Hawk at" data-image-description="<p>An RQ-4 Global Hawk, assigned to the 12th Reconnaissance Squadron, taxis the runway during Red Flag Alaska 18-3, Aug. 16, 2018, at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Tristan D. Viglianco)</p> " data-medium-file="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/RQ-4-Global-Hawk-Eielson-300x169.jpg" data-large-file="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/RQ-4-Global-Hawk-Eielson-1024x576.jpg" data-lazy-src="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/RQ-4-Global-Hawk-Eielson-800x445.jpg?is-pending-load=1" srcset="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" />

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U.S. Air Force Redeploys RQ-4 Global Hawk Squadron from Yokota Air Base, Japan to Andersen AFB, Guam

October 22, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Andersen AFB, Guam, Japan, Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk, Pacific Air Forces (PACAF), U.S. Air Force (USAF), Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV), USA, Yokota Air Base

The U.S. Air Force’s Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) redeployed a squadron of 319th Reconnaissance Wing Global Hawk RQ-4 unmanned surveillance

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USAF RQ-4 Global Hawk at Eielson AFB

<img width="800" height="445" src="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/RQ-4-Global-Hawk-Eielson-800x445.jpg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-image size-colormag-featured-image wp-post-image jetpack-lazy-image" alt="USAF RQ-4 Global Hawk at Eielson AFB" data-attachment-id="17641" data-permalink="https://defpost.com/us-air-force-rq-4-global-hawk-historic-first-landing-eielson-afb-red-flag-alaska-18-3/global-hawk-makes-historic-first-landing-at-red-flag-alaska/" data-orig-file="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/RQ-4-Global-Hawk-Eielson.jpg" data-orig-size="1920,1080" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"5.6","credit":"9th Reconnaissance Wing","camera":"NIKON D800","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1534457143","copyright":"Public Domain","focal_length":"85","iso":"500","shutter_speed":"0.01","title":"Global Hawk makes historic first landing at RED FLAG Alaska","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="USAF RQ-4 Global Hawk at" data-image-description="<p>An RQ-4 Global Hawk, assigned to the 12th Reconnaissance Squadron, taxis the runway during Red Flag Alaska 18-3, Aug. 16, 2018, at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Tristan D. Viglianco)</p> " data-medium-file="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/RQ-4-Global-Hawk-Eielson-300x169.jpg" data-large-file="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/RQ-4-Global-Hawk-Eielson-1024x576.jpg" data-lazy-src="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/RQ-4-Global-Hawk-Eielson-800x445.jpg?is-pending-load=1" srcset="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" />

U.S. Air Force Deploys Squadron of RQ-4 Global Hawk UAVs to Yokota Air Base, Japan

August 12, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Andersen AFB, Japan, Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk, Pacific Air Forces (PACAF), U.S. Air Force (USAF), Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV), USA, Yokota Air Base

The U.S. Air Force (USAF)’s Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) deployed a squadron of RQ-4 Global Haw unmanned aircraft, from Andersen

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F-15SG - Republic of Singapore Air Force

Asia-Pacific Training & Simulation

Republic of Singapore Air Force Completes its Training Deployment to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam

August 4, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Andersen AFB, Boeing F-15 Eagle, G550 CAEW, Guam, Lockheed Martin F-16, Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF), Singapore

The Republic of Singapore Air Force completed its training deployment to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam on July 15, after

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RAAF C-130J Hercules

Air Asia-Pacific Deployments

Royal Australian Air Force to Deploy C-130J Hercules Transport Aircraft to Guam for Operation Christmas Drop 18

December 4, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Andersen AFB, Australia, Guam, Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules, Military transport aircraft (MTA), Operation Christmas Drop, Pacific Air Forces (PACAF), Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), USA

The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) will deploy a C-130J Hercules transport aircraft to Guam for Operation Christmas Drop 18,

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Operation Christmas Drop

<img width="800" height="445" src="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Operation-Christmas-Drop-800x445.jpg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-image size-colormag-featured-image wp-post-image jetpack-lazy-image" alt="Operation Christmas Drop" data-attachment-id="8661" data-permalink="https://defpost.com/andersen-afb-host-66th-annual-operation-christmas-drop/u-s-raaf-and-jasdf-launch-operation-christmas-drop-2015/" data-orig-file="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Operation-Christmas-Drop-e1574099662824.jpg" data-orig-size="1920,1280" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"9","credit":"U.S. Air Force","camera":"NIKON D610","caption":"Cpl. Teome Matamua and Sgt. Phillip McIllvaney, Australian Army 176th Air Dispatch Squadron loadmasters, deliver the first low-cost, low-altitude bundle of Operation Christmas Drop 2015 to the island of MogMog, Dec. 8, 2015. Australian and Japanese C-130 aircrews for the first time joined U.S. Airmen during the 64th year of Operation Christmas Drop \u2013 a Humanitarian Aid\/Disaster Relief training event where C-130 aircrews perform LCLA airdrops on unsurveyed drop zones while providing critical supplies to 56 islands throughout the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, Federated States of Micronesia and Republic of Palau. It highlights the U.S. and allied airpower capabilities to orient and respond to activities in peacetime and crisis. (U.S. Air Force photo\/Staff Sgt. Katrina Brisbin)","created_timestamp":"1449505771","copyright":"U.S. Air Force","focal_length":"12","iso":"320","shutter_speed":"0.00625","title":"U.S., RAAF and JASDF launch Operation Christmas Drop 2015","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Operation Christmas Drop" data-image-description="<p>Cpl. Teome Matamua and Sgt. Phillip McIllvaney, Australian Army 176th Air Dispatch Squadron loadmasters, deliver the first low-cost, low-altitude bundle of Operation Christmas Drop 2015 to the island of MogMog, Dec. 8, 2015. Australian and Japanese C-130 aircrews for the first time joined U.S. Airmen during the 64th year of Operation Christmas Drop – a Humanitarian Aid/Disaster Relief training event where C-130 aircrews perform LCLA airdrops on unsurveyed drop zones while providing critical supplies to 56 islands throughout the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, Federated States of Micronesia and Republic of Palau. It highlights the U.S. and allied airpower capabilities to orient and respond to activities in peacetime and crisis. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Katrina Brisbin)</p> " data-medium-file="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Operation-Christmas-Drop-300x200.jpg" data-large-file="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Operation-Christmas-Drop-1024x683.jpg" data-lazy-src="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Operation-Christmas-Drop-800x445.jpg?is-pending-load=1" srcset="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" />

Asia-Pacific Misc

Andersen AFB to Host 67th Annual Operation Christmas Drop

November 25, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Andersen AFB, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Operation Christmas Drop, Palau, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

The 67th iteration of Operation Christmas Drop is set to take to the Pacific skies, Dec. 10 hosted by the

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U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress

<img width="800" height="445" src="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/U.S.-Air-Force-B-52H-Stratofortress-800x445.jpg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-image size-colormag-featured-image wp-post-image jetpack-lazy-image" alt="U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress" data-attachment-id="15124" data-permalink="https://defpost.com/us-air-force-b-52h-bombers-conduct-training-missions-alaska-hawaii/b-52h-bombers-conduct-training-missions-over-alaska-hawaii/" data-orig-file="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/U.S.-Air-Force-B-52H-Stratofortress.jpg" data-orig-size="1920,1080" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"5.6","credit":"Pacific Air Forces Public Affair","camera":"NIKON D750","caption":"A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bomber, deployed from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, taxis at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, after conducting a routine training mission May 2, 2018. Continuous Bomber Presence (CBP) missions are intended to maintain the readiness of U.S. forces. The U.S. Pacific Command's CBP missions, which have been routinely employed since March 2004, are in accordance with international law. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Gerald R. WIllis)","created_timestamp":"1525233600","copyright":"Public Domain","focal_length":"75","iso":"125","shutter_speed":"0.001","title":"B-52H bombers conduct training missions over Alaska, Hawaii","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress" data-image-description="<p>A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress strategic bomber, deployed from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, taxis at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, after conducting a routine training mission May 2, 2018. Continuous Bomber Presence (CBP) missions are intended to maintain the readiness of U.S. forces. The U.S. Pacific Command’s CBP missions, which have been routinely employed since March 2004, are in accordance with international law. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Gerald R. WIllis)</p> " data-medium-file="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/U.S.-Air-Force-B-52H-Stratofortress-300x169.jpg" data-large-file="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/U.S.-Air-Force-B-52H-Stratofortress-1024x576.jpg" data-lazy-src="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/U.S.-Air-Force-B-52H-Stratofortress-800x445.jpg?is-pending-load=1" srcset="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" />

Air Asia-Pacific Deployments

U.S. Air Force B-52H Strategic Bombers Conduct Missions Over South China Sea, Indian Ocean

September 28, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Andersen AFB, Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, Continuous Bomber Presence (CBP), Guam, Indian Ocean, South China Sea, Strategic bomber, U.S. Air Force (USAF), U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM), USA

Two U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress strategic bomber aircraft conducted operations in the South China Sea and Indian Ocean on

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Boeing B-52 Stratofortress

Air Asia-Pacific Deployments

U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress Bomber Conducts Routine Training Mission Over East China Sea, Sea of Japan

September 28, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Andersen AFB, Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, Boeing F-15 Eagle, East China Sea, Guam, Japan, Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF), Mitsubishi F-2, Sea of Japan, Strategic bomber, U.S. Air Force (USAF)

A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress strategic bomber aircraft conducted a routine training mission in the East China Sea and

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U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress strategic bomber

Air Asia-Pacific

U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress Bombers Conduct Two Sequential Bilateral Training Missions to Australia as Part of Exercise Pitch Black 18

September 10, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Andersen AFB, Australia, Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, Continuous Bomber Presence (CBP), Exercise Pitch Black, Guam, RAAF Base Tindal, Strategic bomber, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bombers, assigned to the 96th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron (EBS), Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, conducted

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U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress

<img width="800" height="445" src="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/U.S.-Air-Force-B-52H-Stratofortress-800x445.jpg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-image size-colormag-featured-image wp-post-image jetpack-lazy-image" alt="U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress" data-attachment-id="15124" data-permalink="https://defpost.com/us-air-force-b-52h-bombers-conduct-training-missions-alaska-hawaii/b-52h-bombers-conduct-training-missions-over-alaska-hawaii/" data-orig-file="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/U.S.-Air-Force-B-52H-Stratofortress.jpg" data-orig-size="1920,1080" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"5.6","credit":"Pacific Air Forces Public Affair","camera":"NIKON D750","caption":"A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bomber, deployed from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, taxis at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, after conducting a routine training mission May 2, 2018. Continuous Bomber Presence (CBP) missions are intended to maintain the readiness of U.S. forces. The U.S. Pacific Command's CBP missions, which have been routinely employed since March 2004, are in accordance with international law. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Gerald R. WIllis)","created_timestamp":"1525233600","copyright":"Public Domain","focal_length":"75","iso":"125","shutter_speed":"0.001","title":"B-52H bombers conduct training missions over Alaska, Hawaii","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress" data-image-description="<p>A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress strategic bomber, deployed from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, taxis at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, after conducting a routine training mission May 2, 2018. Continuous Bomber Presence (CBP) missions are intended to maintain the readiness of U.S. forces. The U.S. Pacific Command’s CBP missions, which have been routinely employed since March 2004, are in accordance with international law. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Gerald R. WIllis)</p> " data-medium-file="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/U.S.-Air-Force-B-52H-Stratofortress-300x169.jpg" data-large-file="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/U.S.-Air-Force-B-52H-Stratofortress-1024x576.jpg" data-lazy-src="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/U.S.-Air-Force-B-52H-Stratofortress-800x445.jpg?is-pending-load=1" srcset="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" />

Air Asia-Pacific

U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress Strategic Bombers Conduct Operations in Vicinity of South China Sea

September 5, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Andersen AFB, Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, Continuous Bomber Presence (CBP), Guam, South China Sea, Strategic bomber, U.S. Air Force (USAF), U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM), USA

Two U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress strategic bombers, departed from Anderson Air Force Base in Guam and participated in routine

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