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Download full resolution image 109th Airlift Wing begins Antarctic Support

109th Airlift Wing begins Antarctic Support

STRATTON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE--An LC-130 assigned to the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing leaves Stratton Air National Guard Base on Sept. 16 en route to McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. The 109th Airlift Wing flies the only ski-equipped planes in the U.S. military which can land on snow and ice. The 109th provides support for National Science Foundation research on the continent as part of the U.S. militaries Operation Deep Freeze.

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WarHistoryNetwork -- Wed, 17 Dec 2025 William Wild Bill Donovan: Americas Spymaster in WWII War The behind-the-scenes story of how a World War I hero helped to strengthen U.S.-British ties and forged the beginnings of todays CIA. This article appears in: Winter 2013 On July 14, 1940,... (more)

Morning-Times -- Tue, 16 Dec 2025 Towanda graduate promoted to Lt. Colonel in NY Army National Guard LATHAM, N.Y. Former Bradford County resident Charles Ackley was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel in the New York Army National Guard during a Dec. 12 ceremony at New York Army National... (more)

Rome Sentinel -- Tue, 16 Dec 2025 ACHIEVEMENT: Boonville resident top enlisted leader for Buffalo-based brigade BUFFALO New York Army National Guard Command Sgt. Major Morgan Cady, a Boonville resident and Iraq War veteran, became the senior enlisted leader of the Guards 153rd Troop Command Brigade... (more)

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