Operation Christmas Drop 2016
Staff Sgt. Andrew Thompson and Airman 1st Class Alejandra Vargas, loadmasters from the 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan, push boxes of gifts off a C-130 Hercules over a remote Micronesian island during Operation Christmas Drop Dec. 8, 2016. This year marks 65 years of Operation Christmas Drop, a humanitarian airlift operation, which provides joint airlift training opportunities for both peace and wartime efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jacob Skovo)