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 allows aircrews to practice low-cost, low-altitude airdrops. Demonstrating and executing LCLA with regional partners improves international airlift capability and enhances regional preparedness for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief missions in the Indo-Asia Pacific region. ( Air Force

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