Loadmasters from the 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, prepare to cut the line on a low-cost low-altitude bundle being dropped over the island of Fais on the first day of Operation Christmas Drop, Dec. 8, 2015. Operation Christmas Drop is a humanitarian aid/disaster relief training event where C-130 crews provide critical supplies to 56 islands throughout the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, Federated States of  Micronesia and Republic of Palau. This year marks the first ever trilateral execution that includes air support from the Japan Air Self-Defense Force and Royal Australian Air Force C 1-30 aircrews. (U.S. Air Force by Tech. Sgt. Melissa K. Mekpongsatorn)
<br>Unit: 374th Airlift Wing
Tech. Sgt. Melissa Mekpongsatorn
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