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Supplies are placed on sleds after being offloaded from an Antarctic Development Squadron 6 (VXE-6) LC-130 Hercules aircraft at a remote research camp during Operation Deep Freeze

An LC-130 Hercules aircraft of Antarctic Development Squadron 6 (VXE-6) flies over one of several scientists it delivered to a remote research site during Operation Deep Freeze

An LC-130 Hercules aircraft of Antarctic Development Squadron 6 (VXE-6) flies over the snow-covered terrain while on a mission during Operation Deep Freeze

A forklift is used to load a pallet of supplies aboard an LC-130 Hercules aircraft of Antarctic Development Squadron 6 (VXE-6) at McMurdo Station. The supplies will be delivered to a remote science camp on the continent during Operation DEEP FREEZE

Spreading a wake of blowing snow, a ski-equipped LC-130 Hercules aircraft of Antarctic Development Squadron 6 (VXE-6) taxis for takeoff after leaving scientists at a remote camp during Operation Deep Freeze

An LC-130 Hercules aircraft of Antarctic Development Squadron 6 (VXE-6) prepares for takeoff on the skiway. The Hercules is carrying the Navy field repair team that is rebuilding another LC-130 that crashed during a National Science Foundation mission in 1971

An LC-130 Hercules aircraft of the Navy's Antarctica Development Squadron 6 (VXE-6) taxis past an Air Force C-141B Starlifter aircraft

Aircraft XD-04, a variant C-130 Hurcules attached to the Antarctic Development Squadron Six (VXE-6) makes the squadrons final departure from Williams Field Antarctica

A C-130T Hercules aircraft of Antarctica Development Squadron Six (VXE-6) just after touching down at the airfield. The aircraft is carrying Vice Admiral Robert J. Spane, commander, Naval Air Force, US Pacific Fleet for an inspection tour of the facilities

Members of Antarctic Development Squadron 6 (VXE-6) prepare to offload pallets of supplies from an LC-130 Hercules aircraft at a remote research camp during Operation Deep Freeze

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Subject Operation/Series: DEEP FREEZE

Country: Antarctica (ATA)

Scene Camera Operator: JO2 Mike Mckinley

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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15/06/1988
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label_outline Explore Lc 130 Hercules Aircraft, Antarctic Development Squadron, Vxe

An Air Force KC-10 Extender aircraft refuels a C-141B Starlifter aircraft (as seen from the KC-10) during the return flight from McMurdo Station, Antarctica, to Christchurch, New Zealand. The C-141 has just completed an airdrop during Operation Deep Freeze

Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG 57) receive pallets of cargo from the dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Medgar Evers (T-AKE 13) during a replenishment-at-sea.

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Buildings at the McMurdo Station where Maj. Esther

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Seabees offload heavy equipment and supplies from the amphibious cargo ship USS CHARLESTON (LKA-113) after arriving to aid the Costa Ricans in solving their drought problem

Lt. William Singletary, a commissioned officer aboard

Army Capt. Christopher Harrington, assigned to 6th

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Bales of marijuana sit on pallets before the San Diego

Supplies for the Navy team repairing an LC-130 Hercules aircraft which crashed in 1971 while on a National Science Foundation mission, are unloaded from an LC-130 of Antarctic Development Squadron 6 (VXE-6). After 3 months of work by the team, the Foundation's LC-130 was able to fly out from the crash site on January 10, 1988

An Antarctic Development Squadron Six crewman preflights a UH-1N helicopter during the 30th anniversary of Operation Deep Freeze

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antarctic development antarctic development squadron vxe offload pallets offload pallets supplies lc hercules aircraft hercules aircraft research camp research camp operation deep freeze c 130 hercules antarctica images c 130 high resolution operation deep freeze lc 130 hercules aircraft jo 2 mike mckinley us national archives