U.S. Air Force C-130J Hercules aircraft loadmasters with the 374th Airlift Wing at Yokota Air Base, Japan, release a bundle Dec. 9, 2018, as part of an airdrop to a remote island in the Federated States of Micronesia during Operation Christmas Drop 2018. Operation Christmas Drop is a U.S. Air Force-led trilateral training event that includes air support from the Japanese Air Self Defense Force and Royal Australian Air Force to airdrop supplies to the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jerry R. Bynum)