Deep Freeze mission ends record-setting season
A New York Air National Guard LC-130 Hercules sits while crews unload fuel and cargo during a mission to Antartica in 2005. Ski-equipped LC-130s and C-17 Globemaster IIIs redeployed from Christchurch, New Zealand, like the one pictured supported the 2006-2007 season of Operation Deep Freeze which ended in late February. This unique joint and total force mission has supported the National Science Foundation and U.S. Antarctic Program since 1955 and is currently led by Pacific Air Forces, 13th Air Force. The LC-130 is equipped with ski-landing gear that allows the aircraft to land on ice or snow while airlifting supplies to remote locations throughout the Antarctic continent. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Efrain Gonzalez)
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