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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Mark Weinstein, 374th Air Expeditionary Wing loadmaster, secures a bundle in the cargo bay of a C-130J Super Hercules during Operation Christmas Drop 2025, Andersen Air Base, Guam, Dec. 10, 2025. Around 270 bundles were constructed, filled and loaded onto C-130 Hercules aircraft from the U.S., Canada, Japan and Republic of Korea air forces to be delivered to 59 remote islands in the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Republic of Palau. This effort boasts the power of alliance and partnership in fostering stability and providing rapid airlift response in the region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Alexzandra Gracey)