Capt. Cerre Dolby, C-130J aircraft commander, right, and 1st. Lt. Quinn Van Drew, first pilot, both assigned to the 374th Airlift Wing, pilot their aircraft during Operation Christmas Drop, Dec. 15, 2017, above the Pacific Ocean near Guam. Christmas Drop enhances humanitarian assistance and disaster relief crisis response capabilities, by allowing aircrews from the Air Force, 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 relie

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Capt. Cerre Dolby, C-130J aircraft commander, right, and 1st. Lt. Quinn Van Drew, first pilot, both assigned to the 374th Airlift Wing, pilot their aircraft during Operation Christmas Drop, Dec. 15, 2017, above the Pacific Ocean near Guam. Christmas Drop enhances humanitarian assistance and disaster relief crisis response capabilities, by allowing aircrews from the Air Force, 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 photo by Staff Sgt. Alexander W. Riedel)

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