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Air Force delivers hope and goodwill to Fais island

Islanders watch a C-130 Hercules fly overhead during Operation Christmas Drop 2015 at Fais Island, Federated States of Micronesia, Dec. 8, 2015. A C-130 assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron delivered over 800 pounds of supplies to the island during the operation. This year marked the first ever trilateral Operation Christmas Drop where the Air Force, Japan Air Self-Defense Force and the Royal Australian Air Force worked together to provide critical supplies to 56 Micronesian islands. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)
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U.S., RAAF and JASDF launch Operation Christmas Drop 2015

Australian Army Cpl. Teome Matamua and Sgt. Phillip McIllvaney, 176th Air Dispatch Squadron loadmasters, wave to islanders in the Federated States of Micronesia from the back of a C-130J Super Hercules after delivering donated goods and critical supplies to the islanders Dec. 8, 2015, during Operation Christmas Drop. The 2015 Christmas Drop missions marked the first time the event included trilateral air support from the Japan Air Self-Defense Force and RAAF. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Katrina Brisbin)
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USAF, RAAF and JASDF launch Operation Christmas Drop 2015

An Operation Christmas Drop bundle filled with critical supplies and donated goods descends to the ground Dec. 8, 2015 above the coastal waters of the remote Micronesian island of Asor. For the first time Australian and Japanese aircrews joined U.S. Airmen to execute the humanitarian aid/disaster relief training event where C-130 Hercules aircrews performed low-cost, low-altitude airdrops on unsurveyed drop zones while providing critical supplies to 56 islands. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Alexander W. Riedel)
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USAF, RAAF and JASDF launch Operation Christmas Drop 2015

Japan Air Self-Defense Force Tech. Sgt. Satoshi Marimoto, left, and U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Christopher Nichols, both C-130 loadmasters, review load documents before Operation Christmas Drop flight SANTA12 Dec. 8, 2015, at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. The 2015 Christmas Drop missions marked the first time the event included trilateral air support from the JASDF and Royal Australian Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Alexander W. Riedel)
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USAF, RAAF and JASDF launch Operation Christmas Drop 2015

Rear Adm. Babette Bolivar, the Joint Region Marianas commander, counts down before pushing a crate containing donated goods into a C-130 Hercules during the Christmas Drop Push Ceremony Dec. 8, 2015, at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. Operation Christmas Drop, which has been conducted for 64 years, recieved support from the Japan Air Self-Defense Force and the Royal Australian Air Force for the first time. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Benjamin Gonsier)
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U.S., RAAF and JASDF launch Operation Christmas Drop 2015

Australian Army Cpl. Teome Matamua and Sgt. Phillip McIllvaney, 176th Air Dispatch Squadron loadmasters, deliver the first low-cost, low-altitude bundle of Operation Christmas Drop 2015 to the island of Mogmog, Dec. 8, 2015. Australian and Japanese C-130 Hercules aircrews for the first time joined U.S. Airmen during the 64th year of Operation Christmas Drop which provided critical supplies to 56 islands throughout the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands, Federated States of Micronesia and Republic of Palau. It highlighted the U.S. and allied airpower capabilities to orient and respond to activities in peacetime and crisis. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Katrina Brisbin)
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