A package with donated goods suspended from a parachute falls from a C-130J Super Hercules during Operation Christmas Drop Dec. 11, 2017 above the island of Fais. Christmas Drop is the world's longest running airdrop mission. For the third year in a row, U.S., Japanese and Australian aircrews trained alongside each other while providing critical supplies to 56 Micronesian islands impacting about 20,000 people covering 1.8 million square nautical miles of operating area. The C-130 is assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron at Yokota Air Base, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alexander W. Riedel)
Date Taken: | 12.11.2017 |
Date Posted: | 12.12.2017 17:41 |
Photo ID: | 4021548 |
VIRIN: | 171211-F-CH060-0008 |
Resolution: | 5577x3723 |
Size: | 18.53 MB |
Location: | YIGO, GUAM, GU |
Web Views: | 44 |
Downloads: | 18 |
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