Airframe: A1C Alejandra Vargas, 36th Airlift Squadron C-130 Hercules loadmaster, pushes a bundle during Operation Christmas Drop at Andersen AFB, Guam, Dec. 5, 2016. Australian and Japanese aircrews joined US? airmen to execute the humanitarian aid/disaster relief training event where C-130 aircrews perform low-cost, low-altitude airdrops to drop zones while providing critical supplies to 56 islands. (Air Force photo by SrA. Delano Scott.) (Click on image above to reach wallpaper version.)
Airmen and Guardians in the Active and Reserve component, as well as civilian employees, in “mission critical and high-risk populations” are now required to receive influenza vaccinations annually to “preserve force readiness,” according to a recent Department of the Air Force memo.