An LC-130 "Skibird" with the New York ANG's 109th Airlift Wing departs for McMurdo Station, Antarctica, from Stratton ANGB in Scotia, N.Y. on October 18, 2016. This is the 29th season that the unit will participate in Operation Deep Freeze, the military component of the U.S. Antarctic Program, which is managed by the National Science Foundation. [ANG photo by MSgt. William Gizara]
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News: New York ANG, aircraft begin annual migration to South Pole [2016-10-18]
Airmen and ski-equipped aircraft from the New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing have started their annual journey to Antarctica.
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