Staff Sgt. Joseph Arcega, a loadmaster with the 36th Airlift Squadron, looks from the ramp of a C-130J Super Hercules after a low-cost, low-altitude airdrop during Operation Christmas Drop Dec. 11, 2017, near the island of Fais. Operation Christmas Drop enhances humanitarian assistance and disaster relief crisis response capabilities between three nations and lays the foundation for regional cooperation expansion during real-world contingencies in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. ( Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alexander W. Riedel)

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