Lockheed LC-130Hs equipped with landing skis, operated by the 109th Airlift Squadron, New York Air National Guard, parked on the ice pack at McMurdo Station at Ross Island in Antarctica, during Operation DEEP FREEZE 2001. The unit operates six LC-130's between Christchurch, New Zealand and a number of stations located on the Antarctic ice pack in support of the United States Science Program
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: DEEP FREEZE 2001
Base: Christchurch
State: Canterbury
Country: New Zealand (NZL)
Scene Major Command Shown: ANG
Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Joe Cupido, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
05/11/2001
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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