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Download full resolution image 109th Begins Antarctic Support Season

109th Begins Antarctic Support Season

STRATTON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE --An LC-130 Hercules with the 109th Airlift Wing takes off from Stratton Air National Guard Base, Scotia, New York, on Oct. 17, 2014. The aircraft is headed to Antarctica for the Wing's 27th year participating in Operation Deep Freeze in support of the National Science Foundation. The 109th AW boasts the U.S. military's only ski-equipped aircraft, which has been supporting the NSF's South Pole research since 1988.

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