(Left to right) Staff Sgt. Joel Powell, 374th Operations Support Squadron, and Chief Master Sgt. Troy Coville, Pacific Air Forces, watch a low-cost, low-altitude bundle as it drops to Angaur island, Republic of Palau, Dec. 11, 2015, during Operation Christmas Drop. This is a PACAF event which includes a partnership between the 374th Airlift Wing, Yokota Air Base, Japan; the 36th Wing, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam; the 734th Air Mobility Squadron, Andersen AFB of the 515th Air Mobility Operations Wing, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. Hawaii; the University of Guam; and the Operation Christmas

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(Left to right) Staff Sgt. Joel Powell, 374th Operations Support Squadron, and Chief Master Sgt. Troy Coville, Pacific Air Forces, watch a low-cost, low-altitude bundle as it drops to Angaur island, Republic of Palau, Dec. 11, 2015, during Operation Christmas Drop. This is a PACAF event which includes a partnership between the 374th Airlift Wing, Yokota Air Base, Japan; the 36th Wing, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam; the 734th Air Mobility Squadron, Andersen AFB of the 515th Air Mobility Operations Wing, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. Hawaii; the University of Guam; and the Operation Christmas Drop private organization. It is the longest-running Department of Defense humanitarian airdrop operation with 2015 being the first trilateral execution with support from Japan Air Self-Defense Force and Royal Australian Air Force. ( Air Force photo by Osakabe Yasuo/Released)

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