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Wing begins annual mission to Greenland
STRATTON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.Y-- The first of several LC-130 Hercules from the 109th Airlift Wing New York Air National Guard base in Schnectady New York does final checks after loading cargo heading for Greenland. In addition to carrying cargo for the National Science Foundation research, the 109th aircrews will conduct important ski-landing training and off-loading operations conducted each year. (US Air National Guard Photo by SMSgt William Gizara)
Apr 24, 2019 - Airmen of the 109th Airlift Wing kicked off their annual support for National Science Foundation research in Greenland on Tuesday, as about 80 Airmen and three LC-130 aircraft left Stratton Air National Guard Base for Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. [Read more...]
NYANG aircrew completes South Pole mission despite extreme weather conditions
This LC-130 "Skibird" crew landed at the South Pole Station with minimum visibility and maximum crosswinds, and then were forced to make an emergency weather divert to Terra Nova Bay when extreme weather made it unsafe to land at McMurdo Station on November 9, 2017. The crew (from left): 1st Lt. Brian Alexander, co-pilot; A1C Ryan Rhoads, loadmaster; Lt. Col. Ronald Ankabrandt, navigator; SMSgt. Michael Messineo, flight engineer; SMSgt. David Vesper, loadmaster; and Capt. Brandon Caldwell, pilot. The 139th EAS crew and LC-130 are deployed to Antarctica in support of Operation Deep Freeze from the AYANG’s 109th AW in Scotia, New York. This is the 30th season the 109th AW is providing ODF support. [ANG photo by MSgt. Catharine Schmidt]
Nov 09, 2017 - The harsh, unforgiving and unpredictable weather of Antarctica made a routine mission to the South Pole a little more than an LC-130 "Skibird" crew with the 139th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron had bargained for on November 9, 2017. [Read more...]
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109th takes off to support 30th Operation Deep Freeze season
USAF LC-130H #83-0493 Skibird from the 139 AS takes off from Stratton ANGB, to begin the journey to McMurdo Station, Antarctica, on October 17, 2017. This is the 30th 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. [USAF photo by SMSgt. William Gizara]
Oct 17, 2017 - Two LC-130 aircrews, transporting supplies and equipment, began the first leg of a five-leg journey to McMurdo Station, Antarctica, to provide logistical support to the National Science Foundation. [Read more...]
LC-130 Skibird aircrews train for polar operations
SSgt. Kayla Ludivig, crew chief with the 109th AMXS, marshalls LC-130H #73-3300 Skibird before it takes off for Raven Camp, Greenland, on July 27, 2017. The 109th AW is currently in its fifth rotation of the Greenland season which started in April and will run through September. [ANG photo by SMSgt. William Gizara]
Jul 28, 2017 - Having the world’s only ski-equipped LC-130 aircraft, commonly referred to as Skibirds, the New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing is able to provide the airlift needed to get to remote locations in Antarctica and Greenland in support of the National Science Foundation. [Read more...]
New York ANG, aircraft begin annual migration to South Pole
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]
Oct 18, 2016 - Airmen and ski-equipped aircraft from the New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing have started their annual journey to Antarctica. [Read more...]
NYANG's 109th AW wraps up Antarctic Support Mission
Maj. Timothy Novak, a navigator with the 139 AS, exits LC-130H #83-0492 on the flight-line at Stratton ANGB in Scotia, N.Y., after returning from Antarctica to the base near Schenectady, on March 8, 2016. The wing, which flies the only ski-equipped aircraft in the U.S. military flies transportation missions in support of the National Science Foundation as part of Operation Deep Freeze, the military support to the U.S. Antarctic Program. [ANG photo by MSgt. William Gizara]
Mar 10, 2016 - The New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing transported 3,900 people, and carried 4 million pounds of supplies and 1.2 million pounds of fuel to stations around Antarctica during its annual support five- month mission for the National Science Foundation which ended this week. [Read more...]
109th AW completes 27th year of Antarctic science support
Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James (second to the left) poses for a photo with aircrew from the 139th EAS in front of LC-130H #73-0839 during her visit with participants of Operation Deep Freeze, at McMurdo Station, Antarctica on January 25, 2015. [USAF courtesy photo]
Feb 25, 2015 - New York Air National Guard Airmen flew 241 missions, delivering more than 3,000 passengers and 4.5 million pounds of cargo and fuel to research stations across Antarctica during a deployment to the southern continent that began in October 2014 and ends this week. [Read more...]
NYANG's 109th AW participate in Canadian Forces Arctic Exercise
An LC-130 Hercules aircraft from the NYANG's 109th AW flies over Ice Camp One, Sherard Osborn Island, Nunavut during Operation NUNALIVUT on April 14, 2014. The exercise tests Canadian and American forces ability to respond to threats in the high Artic. The 109th Airlift Wing flies the only ski-equipped aircraft in the U.S. military. [Photo by Capitaine Graham MacMillian, Joint Task Force (North), Yellowknife, NWT]
Apr 10, 2014 - Nearly 40 Airmen and two LC-130 ski-equipped aircraft from the 109th Airlift Wing will be demonstrating their vast capabilities on the Arctic ice as they join the Canadian Forces on Friday, April 11 to participate in Canada's annual Operation Nunalivut Exercise. [Read more...]
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