Retreat held in Antarctica as LC-130s depart

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JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR HICKAM, Hawaii (AFNS) --  As part of Operation Deep Freeze, Airmen at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, held a retreat ceremony Feb. 16 after the last LC-130 Hercules left the continent.

The 2009-2010 season of ODF, the Department of Defense's logistical support to the National Science Foundation and U.S. Antarctic Program in Antarctica, is wrapping up as personnel re-deploy from Antarctica and New Zealand.

Joint Task Force Support Forces Antarctica, headquartered here and led by 13th Air Force, coordinated strategic intertheater airlift, tactical LC-130 Hercules deep field support, aeromedical evacuation support, search and rescue response, sealift, seaport access, bulk fuel supply, port cargo handling and transportation requirements as part of ODF.