Air Force Capt. Cerre Dolby, C-130J Super Hercules aircraft commander with the 36th Airlift Squadron, looks to the water below after performing a low-altitude airdrop during Operation Christmas Drop Dec. 15, 2017, above Murilo Atoll, Chuuk. Christmas Drop is the world's longest running airdrop mission. For the third year in a row, , Japanese and Australian aircrews trained alongside each other while providing critical supplies to 56 Micronesian islands impacting about 20,000 people covering million square nautical miles of operating area. ( Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alexan

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Air Force Capt. Cerre Dolby, C-130J Super Hercules aircraft commander with the 36th Airlift Squadron, looks to the water below after performing a low-altitude airdrop during Operation Christmas Drop Dec. 15, 2017, above Murilo Atoll, Chuuk. Christmas Drop is the world's longest running airdrop mission. For the third year in a row, , Japanese and Australian aircrews trained alongside each other while providing critical supplies to 56 Micronesian islands impacting about 20,000 people covering million square nautical miles of operating area. ( Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alexander W. Riedel)

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