McChord Airmen fuel Operation Deep Freeze
Col. Jeffrey Stephenson prepares to take off on a C-17 Globemaster III from the Pegasus ice runway, Antarctica, to Christchurch, New Zealand, during an Operation Deep Freeze mission Dec. 4. Colonel Stephenson is the 62nd Airlift Wing commander from McChord Air Force Base, Wash. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Eric Burks)