Air Force Senior Airman Joseph Doria, a 36th Airlift Squadron loadmaster from Yokota Air Base, Japan, and Capt. Stanley Kimball, a 36th Airlift Squadron flight surgeon, watch a box of humanitarian assistance goods they just pushed out of a Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft, call sign “Santa 23,” parachute down to its drop-zone in the Yap Islands Dec. 14 during Operation Christmas Drop 2010. This year, more than 60 boxes, weighing more than 20,000 pounds total, will be dropped to 55 islands. Senior Airman Nichelle Anderson

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