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Merry Christmas Drop from Woleai

A group of village elders on the island of Woleai in the Federated States of Micronesia, sort the five Low-Cost, Low-Altitude humanitarian aid bundles airdropped as part Operation Christmas Drop 2019 into 78 evenly distributed piles to be given to the families that make up the 500 person village, Dec. 10, 2019. Every December crews from Yokota Air Base, Japan, team up with the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force, Royal Australian Air Force, and Royal New Zealand Air Force to airdrop supplies to islands like Woleai throughout the FSM and the Republic of Palau. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Matthew Gilmore)

PHOTO BY: Senior Airman Matthew Gilmore
VIRIN: 191210-F-GA541-0271.JPG
FULL SIZE: 6.8 MB
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CAMERA

NIKON D810

LENS

24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8

APERTURE

28/10

SHUTTERSPEED

1/80

ISO

1000

IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN

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