Operation Airdrop

05/30/2026

Our first donation flight arrived at 08:45!

Thanks Colton Miller for flying in and supporting our inaugural food bank exercise! We look forward to working together again in the future. Safe travels everyone. See you soon.

05/30/2026

05/30/2026

Looks like it’s going to be a great day for a flying exercise!

Hope to see you all at Gainesville Municipal Airport today. We’re on the patio at the main terminal.
📍 2300 Airport Dr
Gainesville, TX 76240

The Operation Airdrop team will be hosting a fly in food drive from 8 am to 2 pm. If you are interested in flying in to support the event, visit missions.operationairdrop.org and log your flight before you take off.

If you don’t fly and would like to participate, we are collecting donations for food banks in Denton and Gainesville. We’re looking for the following nonperishable foods:

✅Beef Soups
✅Cheerios
✅Canned Chicken
✅Canned Beans
✅Canned Chili
✅Cornbread
✅Canned Tomatoes (no glass please)

We’re excited to test out the new Operation Airdrop mission app, help a few North Texas communities with food security, and hone our disaster response before hurricane season.

05/29/2026

Volunteer pilots planning to fly into Gainesville Municipal Airport:

Please use the Operation Airdrop Missions App before departure so we can better coordinate arrivals and strengthen our mission readiness.

✈️ Pilot mission app: https://missions.operationairdrop.org/

We’re also collecting nonperishable food donations, including:
• Canned tuna or chicken
• Cheerios
• Hearty canned soups
• Cornbread mix
• Canned pasta sauce — no glass jars, please
• Canned baked beans, pork & beans, or ranch-style beans
• Canned chili

This exercise helps us test our coordination systems, strengthen our volunteer network, and serve our Texas neighbors through established local food banks.

Bring a donation, volunteer on the ground, or help spread the word with your flying club, church, HOA, family, friends, or local business.

When communities need help, readiness matters. Help us deliver hope on wings.

05/28/2026

Have an aircraft and a heart for service? Operation Airdrop needs you in Gainesville, TX.

Operation Airdrop is calling on volunteer pilots, ground volunteers, and community supporters to join us for our Food Bank Exercise at Gainesville Municipal Airport on May 30.

This exercise will help us support local food banks while giving our team and volunteer pilots the opportunity to test our new mission app before hurricane season. Pilots who plan to fly in should contact Operation Airdrop ahead of time so we can provide the app link and help ensure your flight is included in the mission tracking process.

Using the app is simple, and your participation will help us strengthen our ability to coordinate aircraft, supplies, and volunteers when communities need us most.

Ground volunteers and donors are also needed. Whether you can help load and sort supplies, collect nonperishable food donations, or make a financial contribution, every role helps us prepare to deliver hope when disaster strikes.

📍 Gainesville Municipal Airport
📅 May 30, 8:00 am to 2:00 pm
✈️ Volunteer pilots: Please contact us before flying in so we can provide access to the new mission app.

Join the mission. Help deliver hope.

05/26/2026

Looking for a reason to fly — or a way to serve your community?

Operation Airdrop is calling on pilots, volunteers, churches, civic groups, local businesses, and neighbors to help support our Food Donation Drive for the Denton and Gainesville area food banks as part of our 2026 Operation Airdrop Exercise. Sign up now!

On May 30, volunteer pilots and ground teams will help deliver requested nonperishable food items while we test our readiness ahead of hurricane season. Every can, box, and in-kind donation helps us strengthen our ability to respond when communities need us most.

Requested donation items include:
Canned tuna or chicken
Cheerios
Hearty canned soups
Cornbread mix
Canned chicken
Pasta sauce — canned only, no glass jars
Canned baked beans, pork & beans, or Ranch Style beans
Canned chili

How you can help:
✈️ Pilots: Fly donated food to the exercise and help us test our response coordination.
📦 Volunteers: Help collect, sort, load, and transfer donations.
🥫 Community members: Gather food donations from family, friends, churches, HOAs, workplaces, or local organizations.
🤝 Businesses and partners: Support the mission with in-kind donations, supplies, logistics support, or other resources that help us serve local food banks.

Operation Airdrop Exercise
Gainesville Municiple Airport
📍2300 Airport Dr, Gainesville, TX 76240
May 30, 2026
8 AM – 2 PM

Together, we can stock local shelves, strengthen disaster readiness, and deliver hope when it matters most.

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05/24/2026

We are getting to that point in the year when I keep an eye on those tropical waves coming off the coast of Africa daily. It’s crazy to think we may have a named storm in May. The average date is June 20th with the first hurricanes developing in mid to late August. Hold on to your hats ladies and gentlemen, keep yourself and those aircraft mission ready it might just be a bumpy season this year and we are going to need your help to make our mission a success.

I hope to see you in Gainesville, TX next weekend on May, 30, 2026 as will fill the local food banks with food and test out our new Mission Control software. Check the list of food items, fill your planes, helicopters, car, or trucks and come join us at Gainesville, TX.

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05/21/2026

Join us for the first annual Operation Airdrop Volunteer Pilot Exercise!

Operation Airdrop invites you to participate in our inaugural annual volunteer pilot exercise on May 30, 2026, at Gainesville Municipal Airport.

Calling all volunteer general aviation pilots willing to fly donated nonperishable food into Gainesville to support the Denton Community Food Center and Volunteers In Service To Others (VISTO). Ground support and logistics volunteers are also welcome.

This exercise serves as a readiness event ahead of the 2026 hurricane season and provides Operation Airdrop with an opportunity to test a new pilot coordination app designed to support future disaster-relief missions.

Requested donation items include cornbread mix, canned chicken, canned pasta sauce (no glass containers), canned beans, Cheerios, hearty canned beef soups, and canned chili.

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05/19/2026

Pilots, looking for a reason to fly?✈️💙

Operation Airdrop is calling on general aviation pilots and volunteers to join us for our first annual Food Bank Exercise on May 30 at the Gainesville Municipal Airport, Texas (GLE).

This exercise will help us test our new volunteer pilot coordination app, strengthen our readiness ahead of the 2026 hurricane season, and — most importantly — support local community food banks serving Gainesville and Denton, Texas.

Pilots are encouraged to fly in with nonperishable donations, including:

✅ Cornbread Mix
✅ Canned Chicken
✅ Pasta Sauce — canned, no glass jars please
✅ Canned Baked Beans / Pork & Beans / Ranch Style Beans
✅ Cheerios
✅ Beef Soup — hearty styles, canned
✅ Chili, canned

Not a pilot? Volunteers are welcome, too. Every box, bag, and helping hand makes a difference.

Want to participate? Email [email protected] and let us know you plan to join us.

Need help gathering donations? Ask friends and family to contribute a few items, invite your church or small group to collect food, check with your HOA or neighborhood group, post a simple donation request on social media, or ask your workplace to host a food drive. Together, we can turn this training exercise into real support for Texas communities.

Fly supplies. Strengthen readiness. Deliver hope.

05/17/2026

John Naugle with Airplanes and Coffee setup a table at an airshow today. Charlie Wood, a long time member of the CAF gave John $40 cash to give to me as a donation for Operation Airdrop. Thank for your support Charlie and thank you John for dropping by the house tonight to deliver it.

I will make sure this money is used as we prepare for the upcoming hurricane season. It takes a village and these two are awesome members of our community. Once again the aviation community stands out.

If these two inspire you to do the same here is a link to do the same.

Operation Airdrop is gearing up for our 2026 missions, and your support is making it possible. Your donation helps us raise the necessary funds to plan, prepare, and execute critical disaster relief responses when communities need us most. On behalf of our pilots, volunteers, staff, and board of dir...