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Tech. Sgt. Napoleon Ortiz (right) and Staff Sgt. Joseph Arcega, loadmasters with the 36th Airlift Squadron, stand ready to push an airdrop package from the ramp of a C-130J Super Hercules during Operation Christmas Drop Dec. 11, 2017, near the island of Fais. Operation Christmas Drop is a training mission that helps U.S. aircrews and participating partners from the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (Koku Jieitai) and Royal Australian Air Force, to maintain and develop combat readiness through sustainable aircraft generation and training for humanitarian assistance/disaster relief with low-cost, low-altitude airdrops on unsurveyed drop zones. For 66 years, the Operation Christmas Drop mission has demonstrated America’s good will to those with few material resources by providing donated goods to remote Pacific islanders. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alexander W. Riedel)
| Date Taken: | 12.11.2017 |
| Date Posted: | 12.12.2017 17:20 |
| Photo ID: | 4021895 |
| VIRIN: | 171211-F-CH060-0026 |
| Resolution: | 6016x4016 |
| Size: | 20.42 MB |
| Location: | YIGO, GUAM, GU |
| Hometown: | YIGO, GU |
| Web Views: | 33 |
| Downloads: | 12 |
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