1st Lt. Quinn Van Drew, C-130J Super Hercules first pilot, assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron, pilots his aircraft during Operation Christmas Drop above the Pacific Ocean near Guam. Operation Christmas Drop enhances humanitarian assistance and disaster relief crisis response capabilities by allowing aircrews from the U.S. Air Force, Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (Koku Jieitai) and Royal Australian Air Force, to maintain and develop combat readiness through sustainable aircraft generation and training for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.
Photo by Staff Sgt. Alexander Riedel
Here are some of the best recent photos from and around the Air Force.
Included are Airmen in Santa caps.
There’s another of an F-16 Fighting Falcon.
Also, Airmen from the 820th Base Defense Group can be seen low crawling through an obstacle during an Army Air Assault School readiness assessment at Camp Blanding, Florida.
These are just a couple of the high quality selections to view.
