This event is sponsored by the 13th Air Force out of Andersen Air Force Base on Guam, and this year will mark the 59th Christmas Drop.
A total of 51 crates containing toys, clothing, fishing equipment, sporting goods, food items and tools will be parachuted out of U.S. military aircraft to land on the beaches of remote outer islands throughout the Federated States of Micronesia.
Eighteen crates will be dropped on the outer islands of Yap between Dec. 13 and 15, and 33 crates will be dropped on the outer islands of Chuuk and Pohnpei between Dec. 16 and 20.
For specific details regarding the islands covered by the 2010 Christmas Drop, go to http://www.fsmpio.fm/announcements/annual_christmas_drop_2010.pdf
