JASDF provides humanitarian supplies for 71st OCD Published Nov. 27, 2022 By Machiko Arita 374th Airlift Wing public affairs YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Leadership from the 374th Airlift Wing and Airmen from the 36th Airlift Squadron receive a donation of humanitarian supplies for Operation Christmas Drop from Japan Air Self-Defense Force members of Headquarters Air Support Command at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 21, 2022. This year marks the 71st year of OCD, which began in 1952, making it the world's longest running airdrop mission. OCD is an annual U.S. Air Force tradition of packaging and delivering food and supplies to more than 55 remote islands in the South-Eastern Pacific, including the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau.