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Pallets of cargo are being loaded aboard a C-141 Starlifter aircraft of the 60th Military Airlift Wing for the trip to McMurdo Station, Antarctica, during Operation Deep Freeze '80

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Subject Operation/Series: DEEP FREEZE '80

Base: Christchurch

State: Canterbury

Country: New Zealand (NZL)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Bob Fehringer

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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pallets cargo starlifter aircraft starlifter aircraft military airlift military airlift mcmurdo station mcmurdo station antarctica operation deep freeze operation deep freeze c 141 starlifter base christchurch staff sergeant high resolution c 141 starlifter aircraft ssgt bob fehringer new zealand us national archives
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31/10/1980
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label_outline Explore Ssgt Bob Fehringer, Mcmurdo Station, Base Christchurch

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

Buildings at the McMurdo Station where Maj. Esther

Snow King snow removal vehicles operated by Icelandic civilian contractors are used to clear a runway. A U.S. Air Force C-141A Starlifter aircraft is in the background

Rwandan refugees curiously observe cargo off-load operations of a C-141 Starlifter aircraft from the 452nd Avionics Maintenance Wing (AMW) Air Force Reserve (AFRES), March AFB, Calif

Staff Sgt. Craig Cox makes a final check on a cargo of supplies to be dropped from a C-141B Starlifter aircraft over the South Pole. The drop is a joint U.S./New Zealand operation to resupply both South Pole and McMurdo Stations in Antarctica. The operation is being staged from Det. 2, 619th Military Airlift Support Squadron, at the New Zealand International Airport

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

A medical bus backs up to the ramp of a C-141 Starlifter aircraft of the 437th Military Airlift Wing during Exercise TAC/STRAT MED EVAC

U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Andres Murtillo

US military personnel prepare to carry a casualty aboard a C-141 Starlifter aircraft for evacuation to Roosevelt Roads Naval Station, Puerto Rico, during Operation URGENT FURY

Shot of the first C-141C Starlifter aircraft from the 452nd Air Mobility Wing, March Air Reserve Base, California, to land on the ice at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, in support of Operation DEEP FREEZE

Lt. Col. Trace Dotson, 304th Expeditionary Airlift

First Lieutenant Mary M. Livingston performs a pre-flight check on a T-38 aircraft prior to flying a training mission. She is one of the first women to enter an Undergraduate Pilot Training Program

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pallets cargo starlifter aircraft starlifter aircraft military airlift military airlift mcmurdo station mcmurdo station antarctica operation deep freeze operation deep freeze c 141 starlifter base christchurch staff sergeant high resolution c 141 starlifter aircraft ssgt bob fehringer new zealand us national archives