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 Reservists from Air Force Reserve Command’s 445th Airlift Wing left their base at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, last February aboard a C-141 StarLifter to participate in Operation Deep Freeze, the passenger and cargo service for the US National Science Foundation’s research facilities in Antarctica. The Reservists flew to Christchurch, New Zealand, the staging point for deployment to Antarctica’s McMurdo Station. During their two weeks in New Zealand, they made several trips to Antarctica to transport people and supplies off the ice continent. The 445th AW has been participating in Operation Deep Freeze since October 2001 along with the 452nd Air Mobility Wing from March ARB, California. C-141 crews have been resupplying the National Science Foundation community in Antarctica since 1966. |
