Gallery: Food, toy drop on Pacific islands

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  • In this Dec. 8, 2015 photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, a Royal Australian Air Force C-130J flies over the Federated States of Micronesia during Operation Christmas Drop. Australian, Japanese and U.S. air force planes are dropping food and toys on remote atolls in the Pacific as part of the U.S. military’s longest-running humanitarian relief mission. (Tech. Sgt. Melissa K. Mekpongsatorn/U.S. Air Force via AP)
  • In this Dec. 5, 2015 photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, airmen packing donated books for Operation Christmas Drop at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. Australian, Japanese and U.S. air force planes are dropping food and toys on remote atolls in the Pacific as part of the U.S. military’s longest-running humanitarian relief mission. (Staff Sgt. Alexander W. Riedel/U.S. Air Force via AP)
  • In this Dec. 8, 2015 photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, 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 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. Australian, Japanese and U.S. air force planes are dropping food and toys on remote atolls in the Pacific as part of the U.S. military’s longest-running humanitarian relief mission. (Staff Sgt. Alexander W. Riedel/ U.S. Air Force via AP)
  • In this Dec. 8, 2015 photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, Cpl. Teome Matamua and Sgt. Phillip McIllvaney of the Australian Army 176th Air Dispatch Squadron loadmasters deliver a package to the island of MogMog in the Federated States of Micronesia as part of Operation Christmas Drop. Australian, Japanese and U.S. air force planes are dropping food and toys on remote atolls in the Pacific as part of the U.S. military’s longest-running humanitarian relief mission. (Staff Sgt. Katrina Brisbin/U.S. Air Force via AP.)
  • In this Dec. 9, 2015 photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, Japan Air Self-Defense Force airmen waving at residents of the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas island of Pagan after dropping a package to the islanders as part of Operation Christmas Drop. Australian, Japanese and U.S. air force planes are dropping food and toys on remote atolls in the Pacific as part of the U.S. military’s longest-running humanitarian relief mission. (Staff Sgt. Benjamin Gonsier/U.S. Air Force via AP)