{"id":358505,"date":"2021-12-28T06:01:38","date_gmt":"2021-12-27T20:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=358505"},"modified":"2021-12-28T06:01:38","modified_gmt":"2021-12-27T20:01:38","slug":"operation-christmas-drop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/operation-christmas-drop\/","title":{"rendered":"Operation Christmas Drop"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-358505 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/operation-christmas-drop\/dropping-bundles-during-operation-christmas-drop\/'>Dropping bundles during Operation Christmas Drop<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-358506'>\n\t\t\t\tU.S. Air Force airmen sign one of the bundles during Operation Christmas Drop hosted by Andersen Air Force Base in Guam last Dec. 8, 2021. Christmas Drop is an annual operation that gives supplies to more than 55 small islands in the Pacific during the holiday season. \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/operation-christmas-drop\/dropping-bundles-during-operation-christmas-drop-2\/'>Dropping bundles during Operation Christmas Drop<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-358507'>\n\t\t\t\tA U.S. Air Force airman signs one of the bundles during Operation Christmas Drop hosted by Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 8, 2021. (Photos by U.S. AIR FORCE\/AIRMAN BREANNA GOSSETT)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/operation-christmas-drop\/dropping-bundles-during-operation-christmas-drop-3\/'>Dropping bundles during Operation Christmas Drop<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-358508'>\n\t\t\t\tU.S. Air Force airmen sign one of the bundles during Operation Christmas Drop hosted by Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 8, 2021. \n\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/operation-christmas-drop\/dropping-bundles-during-operation-christmas-drop-4\/'>Dropping bundles during Operation Christmas Drop<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-358509'>\n\t\t\t\tU.S. Air Force airmen wave to island locals after dropping bundles of supplies during Operation Christmas Drop hosted by Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 8, 2021. \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/operation-christmas-drop\/dropping-bundles-during-operation-christmas-drop-5\/'>Dropping bundles during Operation Christmas Drop<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-358510'>\n\t\t\t\tU.S. Air Force airmen sit on the ramp of a C-130J Super Hercules after dropping bundles of supplies during Operation Christmas Drop hosted by Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 8, 2021. \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/operation-christmas-drop\/dropping-bundles-during-operation-christmas-drop-6\/'>Dropping bundles during Operation Christmas Drop<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-358511'>\n\t\t\t\tU.S. Air Force airmen sit on the ramp of a C-130J Super Hercules after dropping bundles of supplies during Operation Christmas Drop hosted by Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 8, 2021. \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/operation-christmas-drop\/dropping-bundles-during-operation-christmas-drop-7\/'>Dropping bundles during Operation Christmas Drop<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-358512'>\n\t\t\t\tA U.S. Air Force airman sits on the ramp of a C-130J Super Hercules after dropping bundles of supplies during Operation Christmas Drop hosted by Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 8, 2021. \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/operation-christmas-drop\/dropping-bundles-during-operation-christmas-drop-8\/'>Dropping bundles during Operation Christmas Drop<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-358513'>\n\t\t\t\tA U.S. Air Force airman signs one of the bundles during Operation Christmas Drop hosted by Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 8, 2021.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/operation-christmas-drop\/dropping-bundles-during-operation-christmas-drop-9\/'>Dropping bundles during Operation Christmas Drop<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-358514'>\n\t\t\t\tSenior airman Kimberly Doyle, assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron, helps an airman set up his harness before take-off during Operation Christmas Drop hosted by Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 8, 2021. \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/operation-christmas-drop\/dropping-bundles-during-operation-christmas-drop-10\/'>Dropping bundles during Operation Christmas Drop<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-358515'>\n\t\t\t\tU.S. Air Force airmen prepare their harnesses before taking off in a C-130J Super Hercules during Operation Christmas Drop hosted by Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 8, 2021. \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":358516,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[19328],"class_list":["post-358505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fotogalleria","tag-operation-christmas-drop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358505\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/358516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}