Tech. Sgt. Timothy Johnson and Senior Airman Anthony Schoof, loadmasters with the 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan, wave to Pacific islanders on Ngeaur Island from the loading ramp of a C-130 Hercules, Dec. 7, 2016, during Operation Christmas Drop. In its 65th year, Christmas Drop is the Department of Defense’s longest continuous humanitarian airlift operation, delivering charitable donations to remote Pacific islands via low-cost, low-altitude airdrops.

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