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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

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

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

Tail 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

Head on 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

Tail flash of the a C-141 Starlifter, 452nd Air Mobility Wing (AMW), March Air Reserve Base, California, parked on the thick ice covering the Ross Sea during a resupply mission to McMurdo Station, Antarctica, as part of Operation DEEP FREEZE

US Air Force MASTER Sergeant Russell Garcia, 4th Combat Camera, March Air Reserve Base, California, catches the action on Pegasus runway, McMurdo Station, Antarctica, during Operation DEEP FREEZE. A C-141 Starlifter aircraft is in the background

Passengers embark a C-141 Starlifter aircraft of the 60th Military Airlift Wing for the trip to McMurdo Station, Antarctica, during Operation Deep Freeze '80

A Lockheed C-141C Starlifter from the 452nd Air Mobility Wing, at March Air Reserve Base, California, taxi's to the ramp after a successful resupply mission to McMurdo Station at Ross Island in Antarctica, during Operation DEEP FREEZE 2001. The unit operates two aircraft at Christchurch, New Zealand's International Airport in support of the United States National Science Program on the ICE

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

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Subject Operation/Series: DEEP FREEZE

Base: Mcmurdo Station

Country: Antarctica (ATA)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Michael Du, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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04/11/2000
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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

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Scientists and VIP's from around the world board a Lockheed C-141C Starlifter from the 452nd Air Mobility Wing based at March Air Reserve Base, in California in support of Operation DEEP FREEZE 2001 at Christchurch, New Zealand. The operation is in support of resupply missions to and from McMurdo station in Antarctica

National Science Foundation members say goodbye on the Pegasus runway to those who are staying to winter over at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, in support of Operation DEEP FREEZE. Deep Freeze is a joint military operation of the US armed forces and the New Zealand Defence Forces, to provide logistic support for the US National Science Foundation's Antarctic program

A close-up of parachute rigging on pallets of supplies that will be dropped 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

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