USAF, RAAF and JASDF launch Operation Christmas Drop 2015

Squadron Leader Christopher Bassingthwaighte, a Royal Australian Air Force C-130J Hercules pilot, takes control of a C-130J Hercules Dec. 8, 2015, during Operation Christmas Drop. This is the first time U.S. allies and international partners from Japan and Australia trained for Humanitarian Aid/Disaster Relief with the U.S. Air Force while providing critical supplies to 56 Micronesian islands impacting approximately 20,000 people covering 1,000 by 1,800 nautical miles of operating area. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Katrina Brisbin)

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