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Arriving at McMurdo

U.S. Antarctic Program participants exit a McChord C-17 at Pegasus Airfield on Aug. 15. The flight carried 51 people to McMurdo Station, which has been in winter isolation for months. (Courtesy photo by Alasdair Turner)
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Dirty Ice

Dirty snow can be seen around the fuel pits at Pegasus Airfield. A wind storm from Black Island in December deposited a layer of dark mineral dust at the airfield and adjoining snow roads, causing serious melt issues that disrupted transportation through early February. (Courtesty photo by Peter Rejcek, Antarctic Sun Editor)
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Just dropping in

Airdrops in the Antarctica are a unique training opportunity. This 446th and 62nd Airlift Wing Airmen deployed to support Operation Deep Freeze hope to conduct an airdrop over the South Pole mid-November. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Deep Freeze brief

Lt. Col. Scott Amerman (left) takes role for an Operation Deep Freeze pre-departure briefing Jan. 6. The group of 35 Airmen from both the 446th and 62nd Airlift Wings are preparing to fly to Chrischurch, New Zealand to carry out the last nine missions of the ODF 2012-2013 season in Antarctica. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Airman 1st Class Madelyn McCullough)
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Reservist briefs Chairman of the Joint Chiefs on Operation Deep Freeze

Lt. Col. Bill Eberhardt, 728th Airlift Squadron here, and last year's 304th Expeditonary Airlift Squadron commander for Operation Deep Freeze, explains the ODF mission to Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Oct. 4, 2012, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sean Tobin)
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C-17 delivers main body of people to Antarctica

Passengers disembark from an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at the Annual Sea Ice Runway near McMurdo Station, Antarctica. The C-17 is operated by the men and women of 446th and 62nd Airlift Wings, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. The first main body flights of the 2011-2012 austral summer season arrived at McMurdo on Oct. 4, 2011. (National Science Foundation photo by Jean Varner)
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Standing at the South Pole with a smile

Master Sgt. Scott Terra, 728th Airlift Squadron, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., stands in between the ceremonial South Pole and an ice sculpture of Roald Amundsen, the first human to reach the geographic South Pole. Terra, a loadmaster, served in an administrative position supporting the 109th Airlift Wing, New York Air National Guard. His position was part of an effort to expose C-17 Airmen to the LC-130 mission in Operation Deep Freeze. (Courtesy photo)
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Rare mid-winter mission to Antarctica

A C-17 from McChord Field, Wash., sits on the ice in Antarctica June 30 awaiting a patient for a medical evacuation. A crew mix of 446th Airlift Wing Reservists and 62nd Airlift Wing active-duty Airmen flew this mission using night-vision googles. (Courtesy photo)
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Cold as Ice

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. -- A McChord Field-based C-17 lands on the ice at McMurdo Station, Antarctica during Operation Deep Freeze 2009. Twelve Reservists from here are currently deployed to Christchurch, New Zealand in support of ODF and the National Science Foundation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Chief Master Sgt. James Masura)
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Reservists get ready for Operation Deep Freeze 2010

MCMURDO STATION, Antarctica - With the right gear for austere environments, Airmen from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., can complete their mission of delivering advance teams and cargo in support of the U.S. Antarctic program and the National Science Foundation, in preparation for Operation Deep Freeze. This year's WINFLY period begins Aug. 9 and is scheduled to last until Aug. 29. (Courtesy photo/ Chief Master Sgt. James Massura).
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Reservists get ready for Operation Deep Freeze 2010

MCMURDO STATION, Antarctica - A loadmaster supervises the movement of a pallet of cargo off Pegausus Runway. Pallets like these typically contain a variety of equipment and foodstuff, as part of Joint Base Lewis-McChord's mission to support the U.S. Antarctic program and the National Science Foundation, in preparation for Operation Deep Freeze. Both the 62nd and 446th Airlift Wing's at JBLM McChord Field provide the C-17 support for Operation Deep Freeze. This year's WINFLY period, which begins Aug. 9 and is scheduled to last until Aug. 29, will deliver advance teams and cargo for the upcoming main season of ODF. (Courtesy photo/ Chief Master Sgt. James Massura).
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Reservists support Operation Deep Freeze 2010

MCMURDO STATION, Antarctica - One of the 51 C-17 Globemaster III aircraft from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, McChord Field, Wash., sits on Pegusus Runway, waiting to take-off for its next leg of the mission of supporting the U.S. Antarctic program and the National Science Foundation, in preparation for Operation Deep Freeze. This year's WINFLY period, which begins Aug. 9 and is scheduled to last until Aug. 29, will deliver advance teams and cargo for the upcoming main season of ODF. (Courtesy photo/ Chief Master Sgt. James Massura).
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Wolf Den Cub Scouts get star treatment during Joint Base Lewis-McChord, McChord Field tour

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. - Senior Airman Anthony Tyler, aircrew flight equipment journeyman with 62nd Airlift Wing Aircrew Life Support Flight, JBLM, McChord Field here, shows Wolf Den Cub Scouts how to use an emergency passenger oxygen system, during their tour of JBLM, McChord Field, March 6. The Cub Scouts also visited Heritage Hill where they climbed inside the C-124C Globemaster and the C-141B StarLifter. The tour tied in with the Boy Scouts of America's theme for March 2010, "Take Flight." (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff. Sgt. Nicole Celestine)
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Decade of extreme logistics

MCMURDO STATION, ANTARCTICA - Aircrew from the 446th and 62nd Airlift Wings, McChord Air Force Base, Wash., operating from the 304th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, Christchurch, New Zealand, mark the 10th anniversary Oct. 15 of the C-17 Globemaster's first Operation Deep Freeze flight in 1999. The Oct. 15 flight this year carried four passengers and 95,000 pounds of cargo. The mission supported by a crew of 10 was led by Lt. Col. Robert Wellington and Capt. Benjamin Caricofe from the 62nd AW, and Senior Master Sergeant John Vujovich, a reservist with the 446th Airlift Wing. So far this season, the C-17 and its crews have transported 953,057 pounds of cargo and 1,192 passengers. At the current pace, it is projected this season will see a 25 percent increase of cargo and passenger airlift, making this the busiest season ever, according to Colonel Wellington, 304th EAS commander.
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