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Caption:
A C-17 Globemaster III sits on the Pegasus Ice Runway near McMurdo
Station, Antarctica Sept. 10. A crew of active duty and Reserve Airmen
from McChord Air Force Base, Wash., delivered hundreds of thousands of
pounds of supplies and equipment to National Science Foundation
outposts in Antarctica over the past 10 days. The aircrew is part of
Joint Task Force Support Forces Antarctica, headquartered at Hickam
AFB, Hawaii, and led by 13th Air Force. The joint task force is
currently conducting Operation Deep Freeze in support of the National
Science Foundation and U.S. Antarctic Program. U.S. Air Force
photo/Master Sgt. Chris Vadnais (RELEASED)
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