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Crew members of a 63rd Air Wing C-141B Starlifter aircraft prepare to deploy pallets of supplies. In the last mission of this type for the 63rd, the supplies will be airdropped to McCurdo Station, Antarctica

Pallets of supplies roll out the back of a 63rd Air Wing C-141B Starlifter aircraft flying over McMurdo Station, Antarctica. This is the last mission of its type for the 63rd

A forklift is used to load pallets of supplies on a 63rd Air Wing C-141B Starlifter aircraft. In the last mission of this type for the 63rd, the supplies will be airdropped to McCurdo Station, Antarctica

A Navy petty officer gives a weather briefing to pilots and navigators of the 63rd Air Wing in preparation for an airdrop mission to McMurdo Station, Antarctica. C-141B Starlifter aircraft will be used in the 63rd Air Wing's last mission of this type

SSGT Duperry, right, and a member of the Royal New Zealand Air Force check the parachute attached to a pallet of supplies staged near a C-141B Starlifter aircraft. In its last mission of this type, the 63rd Air Wing will deliver the supplies to McMurdo Station, Antarctica

A member of the 16th Mobile Aerial Port Flight rigs a parachute on a supply crate which will be airdropped in Antarctica during MID-WINTER AIRDROP 88. C-141B Starlifter aircraft of the 63rd Military Airlift Wing will transport supplies to both McMurdo St

A 63rd Military Airlift Wing C-141B Starlifter aircraft is silhouetted by a dusk sky during MID-WINTER AIRDROP 88. Supplies will be airdropped at both McMurdo Station and Amundsen-Scott Station, Antarctica

A supply crate with parachute attached is loaded aboard a 63rd Military Airlift Wing C-141B Starlifter aircraft during MID-WINTER AIRDROP 88. The aircraft will transport supplies to both McMurdo Station and Amundsen-Scott Station, Antarctica

Members of the 63rd Military Airlift Wing C-141B Starlifter aircraft air crew wear extremely-cold-weather gear as they prepare for an airdrop of supplies during MID-WINTER AIRDROP 88. Supplies will be airdropped at both McMurdo Station and Amundsen-Scott

Crew members of a 63rd Air Wing C-141B Starlifter aircraft rig parachutes attached to pallets of supplies. In the last mission of this type for the 63rd, the supplies will be airdropped to McCurdo Station, Antarctica

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Base: Christchurch

State: Canterbury

Country: New Zealand (NZL)

Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Rose Reynolds

Release Status: Released to Public

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08/06/1992
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