Royal Canadian Air Force personnel from 8 Wing/CFB Trenton, alongside an exchange pilot from the United States Marine Corps, deployed to Guam Nov. 28, as part of Operation Christmas Drop.

Operation Christmas Drop is the longest running humanitarian airlift in the world, operating since 1952, with it now operating under Operation HORIZON, Canada’s commitment to a free, open, and inclusive Indo-Pacific. The operation sees crates filled with items such as fishing nets, construction materials, canned goods, clothing, school supplies and toys, which are loaded onto C-130 aircraft and airdropped over islands in Micronesia.

In a two-week period, more than 77,000 pounds of supplies are airdropped to over 42,000 islanders living on fifty-eight remote islands. This will be the third straight year

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