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Operation Christmas Drop 2022

(Left and right) U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kembria Mims, 36th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron aviation resource manager, and Airman 1st Class Conner Pingleton, 36th EAS C-130J loadmaster, push out low-cost, low-altitude bundle drops over Tamatam island, Chuuk State, Federated States of Micronesia, Dec. 8, 2022. The aircraft, call sign Santa 51, delivered 9 bundles to islands in the Federated States of Micronesia. OCD is the longest-running Department of Defense humanitarian and disaster relief mission. Each year, the USAF partners with countries in the Pacific Air Forces area of responsibility to deliver supplies to remote island communities in the South-Eastern Pacific. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)

PHOTO BY: Yasuo Osakabe
VIRIN: 221208-F-PM645-0009.JPG
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CAMERA

NIKON Z 6

LENS

NIKKOR Z 14-24mm f/2.8 S

APERTURE

8

SHUTTERSPEED

1/400

ISO

500

IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN

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