Mission accomplishment penguins adorn the nose of a 452nd Air Mobility Wing, based at March Air Reserve Base, California, C-141C Starlifter. These are missions flown to resupply McMurdo Station at Ross Island in Antarctica during Operation DEEP FREEZE 2001. The Penguins with beaks pointed down represent missions the aircraft aborted due to inclement weather and returned to its operating base at Christchurch, New Zealand
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: AMC
Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Joe Cupido, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
07/11/2001
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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