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USAF, RAAF and JASDF launch Operation Christmas Drop 2015
Loadmasters from the 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, watch a low-cost low-altitude bundle filled with donated goods and supplies drop onto the island of Fais from the back of a C-130H during Operation Christmas Drop, Dec. 8, 2015. This is the first trilateral Operation Christmas Drop where the U.S. Air Force, Japan Air Self-Defense Force and the Royal Australian Air Force work together to provide critical supplies to 56 Micronesian islands impacting 20,000 islanders covering 1,000 by 1,800 nautical miles. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Melissa K. Mekpongsatorn)

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