Caption:
Senior Master Sgt. Jim Masura (left) and Master Sgt. Lyle Lane install
passenger seats on their C-17 Globemaster III for the upcoming winter
fly-in missions to Antarctica at Christchurch, New Zealand, Aug. 19.
This C-17 and 31 Airmen from McChord Air Force Base, Wash., will begin
the annual winter fly-in augmentation of scientists, support personnel,
food and equipment for the U.S. Antarctic Program at McMurdo Station
Aug. 20. WinFly is the opening of the first flights to McMurdo station,
which closed for the austral winter in February. (U.S. Air Force
photo/Tech. Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo)
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