Operation New Year Drop

Operation New Year Drop
Daoan and Kajeran airmen wave to islanders at the Kayatman Archipelago
Type	Tradition & bilateral annual tactical airlift training exercise.
Location	Kayatman Archipelago
Planned by	Daobac Self-Defense Forces Kajeran Armed Forces
Objective	Distribute gifts & supplies. Part of loadmaster certification training for Daoan & Kajeran airmen.
Date	1 January 1977 (1977-01-01) - Present
Executed by	Daoan Air Force Kajeran Air Force

Operation New Year Drop is a military tradition and annual bilateral training exercise conducted by the Daoan and Kajeran Air Forces that began in 1977. The purpose of the operation is two fold: to distribute gifts & supplies to isolated and remote populations throughout the Kayatman Archipelago, and as part of the loadmaster certification training program of both Daobac's and Kajera's air forces. The tradition began in the aftermath of a tropical storm