Pacific Air Forces is collecting gifts and presents for the 53rd installment of Operation Christmas Drop across the Pacific islands. Called the longest running, organization airdrop in the world by Stars and Stripes, the event is set to kick off on Dec. 4 and will conclude on Dec. 6 after three C-130s of the 36th Airlift Squadron at Andersen AFB, Guam, complete drops over 55 islands in the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, and the Northern Marianas. Read more about the drop here.
The Air Force and Boeing agreed to a nearly $2.4 billion contract for a new lot of KC-46 aerial tankers on Nov. 21. The deal, announced by the Pentagon, is for 15 new aircraft in Lot 11 at a cost of $2.389 billion—some $159 million per tail.