Tech. Sgt. Napoleon Ortiz, a loadmaster with the 36th Airlift Squadron, stands ready to push an airdrop package from the ramp of a C-130J Super Hercules during Operation Christmas Drop Dec. 11, 2017, near the island of Fais. Operation Christmas Drop is a training mission that helps aircrews and participating partners from the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (Koku Jieitai) and Royal Australian Air Force, to maintain and develop combat readiness through sustainable aircraft generation and training for humanitarian assistance/disaster relief with low-cost, low-altitude airdrops on unsurveyed
Tech. Sgt. Napoleon Ortiz, a loadmaster with the 36th Airlift Squadron, stands ready to push an airdrop package from the ramp of a C-130J Super Hercules during Operation Christmas Drop Dec. 11, 2017, near the island of Fais. Operation Christmas Drop is a training mission that helps aircrews and participating partners from the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (Koku Jieitai) and Royal Australian Air Force, to maintain and develop combat readiness through sustainable aircraft generation and training for humanitarian assistance/disaster relief with low-cost, low-altitude airdrops on unsurveyed drop zones. ( Air Force
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