Air Force Capt. Phillip Newman, a 36th Airlift Squadron C-130 Hercules pilot from Yokota Air Base, Japan, looks out to the Yap Islands Dec. 14 during Operation Christmas Drop 2010. Airmen from the 36th Wing at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, and the 36th Airlift Squadron come together each year as a part of a training exercise to drop thousands of pounds of donated supplies over the Micronesian Islands. 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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