Caption:
A loadmaster and maintainers conduct engine start-up checks before
departing from Oct. 17 from Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. Ski-equipped
LC-130 Hercules aircraft, crews and support personnel from the New York
Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing are transiting Hickam and will
begin deploying to McMurdo Station, Antarctica, to support the 13 th
Air Force-led Joint Task Force Support Forces Antarctica, Operation
Deep Freeze. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo)
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