U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Reynold Albright, a loadmaster and chief enlisted manager with the 36th Airlift Squadron, prepares to push packages off the ramp of a C-130 Hercules aircraft during an Operation Christmas Drop mission over the Pacific Ocean near a Micronesian island Dec. 11, 2013. Operation Christmas Drop has been an Air Force tradition since 1952, delivering presents, food and clothing to about 30,000 people on more than 50 islands scattered across Micronesia each year.