151211-N-ZB122-001 ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam (Dec. 11, 2015) - Air Force Airmen load bundles unto a C-130H in preparation for a flight as part of Operation Christmas Drop, Dec. 11, 2015. Operation Christmas Drop is the Department of Defense’s longest running humanitarian airlift mission where C-130 crews drop low-cost, low-altitude bundles that provide supplies to 56 islands throughout the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, Federated States of Micronesia and Republic of Palau. This year marks the first ever trilateral execution that includes air support from the Japan Air Self-Def


151211-N-ZB122-001 ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam (Dec. 11, 2015) - Air Force Airmen load bundles unto a C-130H in preparation for a flight as part of Operation Christmas Drop, Dec. 11, 2015. Operation Christmas Drop is the Department of Defense’s longest running humanitarian airlift mission where C-130 crews drop low-cost, low-altitude bundles that provide supplies to 56 islands throughout the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, Federated States of Micronesia and Republic of Palau. This year marks the first ever trilateral execution that includes air support from the Japan Air Self-Defense force and Royal Australian Air Force C-130 crews. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Chelsy Alamina) Operation Christmas Drop 2015 151211-N-ZB122-001


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