Japan Air Self-Defense Force (Koku Jietai) Maj. Kentaro Mihara, 1st Tactical Airlift Wing, 401st Squadron C-130 Hercules aircraft commander, navigates Santa 48 to its next Low-Cost, Low-Altitude bundle drop on the atoll of Pingelap, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), during Operation Christmas Drop 2018, Dec. 12, 2018. Every December Air Force crews from Yokota Air Base, Japan team up with the JASDF and Royal Australian Air Force to airdrop supplies to the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, FSM, and the Republic of Palau.

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