In a handout picture released by the British Ministry of Defence (MOD) via the official Defence News Imagery website on August 10, 2014 Bob Gibbons of the UK Department for International Development (L) and Cpl Chris Kent (R) doing final checks on humanitarian aid loaded onto a Hercules C130 transport plane at RAF Brize Norton, northwest of London, on August 8, 2014 to be airlifted to stranded civilians fleeing militants in northern Iraq.  Britain has begun airdropping food and water to thousands of civilia