Home > News > Photos

Photos

Keyword: Category: Tag: Sort By:
A maintainer with the Royal Australian Air Force waits to marshal a C-130J Super Hercules for takeoff during Operation Christmas Drop at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 7, 2016. The RAAF sent a C-130J to OCD to train with the 36th Airlift Squadron and the Japan Self Defense Force, helping participants understand each other’s techniques and giving them a chance to offer each other insight. Bilateral training improves participants’s abilities to work together during real world scenarios, such as delivering disaster relief supplies.(U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Elizabeth Baker/Released)


The U.S., Japan and Austalia bring C-130s together for Operation Christmas Drop

A maintainer with the Royal Australian Air Force waits to marshal a C-130J Super Hercules for takeoff during Operation Christmas Drop at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 7, 2016. The RAAF sent a C-130J to OCD to train with the 36th Airlift Squadron and the Japan Self Defense Force, helping participants understand each other’s techniques and giving them a chance to offer each other insight. Bilateral training improves participants’s abilities to work together during real world scenarios, such as delivering disaster relief supplies.(U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Elizabeth Baker/Released)

Related Imagery
Airmen with the 41st Troop Carrier Squadron from Little Rock Air Force Base, AR, look out the tailgate of a C-130J Super Hercules during exercise Vigilant Ace 18, Dec. 6, 2017, at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea.
Airman 1st Class Matt Madson, 41st Troop Carrier Squadron C-130J Super Hercules loadmaster, looks out the tailgate while taxiing during exercise Vigilant Ace 18, Dec. 6, 2017, at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea.
A 41st Troop Carrier Squadron C-130J Super Hercules aircrew from Little Rock Air Force Base, AR, flies over Japan during exercise Vigilant Ace 18, Dec. 6, 2017, over the Nagano prefecture, Japan.
Capt. Jordan Hechinger, 41st Troop Carrier Squadron C-130J Super Hercules pilot, communicates with the co-pilot during exercise Vigilant Ace 18, Dec. 6, 2017, over the Saitama prefecture, Japan.
A 41st Troop Carrier Squadron C-130J Super Hercules aircrew from Little Rock Air Force Base, AR, flies past Mt. Fuji during exercise Vigilant Ace 18, Dec. 6, 2017, over the Saitama prefecture, Japan.
2nd Lt. Robert Havene, 41st Troop Carrier Squadron C-130J Super Hercules pilot, works out a pre-flight issue with an Airmen from the 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron during exercise Vigilant Ace 18, Dec. 6, 2017, at Yokota Air Base, Japan.
Capt. Jordan Hechinger, 41st Troop Carrier Squadron C-130J Super Hercules pilot, straps himself into the pilot’s seat during exercise Vigilant Ace 18, Dec. 6, 2017, at Yokota Air Base, Japan.
Airman 1st Class Matt Madson, 41st Troop Carrier Squadron C-130J Super Hercules loadmaster, looks into a C-130J during exercise Vigilant Ace 18, Dec. 6, 2017, at Yokota Air Base, Japan.
An Airman with the 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron performs pre-flight checks prior to starting up a C-130J Super Hercules during exercise Vigilant Ace 18, Dec. 6, 2017, at Yokota Air Base, Japan.
Staff Sgt. Terrance Macklin, 374th Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment craftsman, performs an inspection on aircrew chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear protective gear during exercise Vigilant Ace 18, Dec. 6, 2017, at Yokota Air Base, Japan.
Airmen with the 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron perform checks to ensure they can receive water through their chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear protective gear during exercise Vigilant Ace 18, Dec. 6, 2017, at Yokota Air Base, Japan.
OCD volunteers package bundles