Airman 1st Class Stephen Clark, 36th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, looks out the back of a C-130J Super Hercules prior to pushing a bundle out the back of the aircraft as the aircrew passes over a Micronesian island during the 66th Operation Christmas Drop, Dec. 11, 2017. The aircrews airdropped food, supplies and educational materials to islanders throughout the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, Federated States of Micronesia, and Republic of Palau. These islands are some of the most remote locations on the globe spanning a distance nearly as broad as the continental US. ( Air Force

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