Sitting on the wet ramp without rotor blades, a Bell UH-1N operated by Helicopters New Zealand LTD, Christchurch, New Zealand, is prepared for shipment. Loadmasters and civilian handlers prepare the C-141C Starlifters ramp to receive the helicopter. The helicopter is part of the resupply mission to McMurdo Station at Ross Island in Antarctica as part of Operation DEEP FREEZE 2001
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
03/11/2001
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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