GUAM -- The beginning of the 71st Operation Christmas Drop is fast approaching, with the first of many events starting Dec. 3, 2022 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. Operation Christmas Drop is an annual U.S. Air Force tradition of packaging and delivering food, tools and clothing to more than 50 remote islands in the South-Eastern Pacific, including the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of Palau.