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Shot of a C-141C Starlifter aircraft out of March Air Reserve Base, California, on the Pegasus runway, McMurdo Station, Antarctica, during Operation DEEP FREEZE. Deep Freeze is a joint military operation of the US armed forces and the New Zealand Defence Forces, to provide logistic support for the US National Science Foundation's Antarctic program
The C-141C Starlifter aircraft from the 452nd Air Mobility Wing, March Air Reserve Base, California, approaching her landing on the Pegasus runway, McMurdo Station, Antarctica . The aircraft is arriving in support of Operation DEEP FREEZE. Deep Freeze is a joint military operation of the US armed forces and the New Zealand Defence Forces, to provide logistic support for the US National Science Foundation's Antarctic program
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A C-141C Starlifter parked on the ice near McMurdo Station in Antarctica, sits with brake and engine heaters running during a cargo offload in support of Operation DEEP FREEZE 2001. With temperatures in the negative numbers, heaters are needed to keep the engines and brakes from freezing while the aircraft is unloaded
Aerial fuel requires a unique delivery system on Antarctica. Seen here, during Operation DEEP FREEZE, is the Pegasus runways version that supplies C-141C Starlifter aircraft. Pegasus runway has to be used when McMurdo Station, Antartica's, ice begins to thaw in their summer
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Subject Operation/Series: DEEP FREEZE
Base: Mcmurdo Station
Country: Antarctica (ATA)
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Julia L. Barklow, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
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Date
12/02/2001
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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