Operation Christmas Drop Video

Operation Christmas Drop

Christmas Drop is an annual effort by Airmen at Yokota Air Base, Japan, and Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. During the operation Airmen deliver donated goods to more than 30,000 islanders in the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. This year, Airmen delivered 115 bundles of goods to 54 islands. Oberman and Turonek are assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron at Yokota AB.

Boeing Delivers 2 Nanosatellites to US Air Force SENSE vehicles will validate nanosatellite use in military space

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HUNTINGTON BEACH, California -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] has delivered two Space Environmental NanoSat Experiment (SENSE) satellites to the U.S. Air Force that will help assess the value of small satellites in military space operations.

Weighing less than 9 pounds (4 kilograms) each and measuring 30 x 10 x 10 centimeters in size, the nanosats are scheduled to launch on the ORS-3 mission in the summer of 2013 and shortly after will begin collecting and transmitting weather data. Each nanosat contains a sensor and GPS receiver to gather data to support weather prediction and assessments. A miniature S-band transceiver downlinks spacecraft and mission data at one megabit per second.

"We anticipate these nanosatellites will play a significant role as affordable and resilient assets in future Air