Six Countries Join Forces for Humanitarian Christmas Drop to Remote Pacific Islands

Two U.S. Air Force B-1B bombers, top center, four South Korean Air Force F-35 fighter jets and four U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jets fly over South Korea Peninsula during a joint air drill called "Vigilant Storm," in South Korea on Nov. 5, 2022. South Korean Defense Ministry via AP

Five countries are joining the United States this year in a humanitarian assistance Christmas drop, which kicked off on Dec. 4.

Air forces from the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, and India are going to make deliveries to over 20 thousand islanders across 56 remote islands throughout Micronesia and Palau.