Cargo_drops_from_a_U.S._Air_Force_C-130_Hercules_aircraft_over_the_Pacific_Ocean_toward_a_landing_zone_on_the_shore_of_Kayangel_Island_during_the_62nd_annual_Operation_Christmas_Drop_Dec._11,_2013_131211-F-NA975-171.jpg
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Cargo drops from a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft over the Pacific Ocean toward a landing zone on the shore of Kayangel Island during the 62nd annual Operation Christmas Drop Dec. 11, 2013. Christmas Drop started in 1952 as a training mission and has since become the longest running Department of Defense mission in full operation as well as the longest running humanitarian airlift in the world.
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| Date | Taken on 11 December 2013 | |||
| Source | https://www.dvidshub.net/image/1115157/operation-christmas-drop | |||
| Author | SrA Marianique Santos | |||
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Public domain photograph from defenseimagery.mil. | |||
| Location | Kayangel Island | |||
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| Gallery page | https://www.dvidshub.net/news/118163/spirit-giving-broadens-during-62nd-operation-christmas-drop | |||
| Posted | 18 December 2013 |
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Airman or employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a
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