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The last C-141 StarLifter crew from the 445th Airlift Wing at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, returned from Christchurch, New Zealand, on 4 March after completing its yearly role in Operation Deep Freeze, the resupply of National Science Foundation research stations in Antarctica. The wing, along with its sister C-141 unit, the 452nd Air Mobility Wing at March ARB, California, carried 1.6 million pounds of cargo to and from McMurdo Station, Antarctica. The aircrews flew 3,446 passengers and logged more than 426 flying hours. This year, C-141 crews flew nineteen times to Antarctica for the resupply phase and twenty-two times for the season-ending redeployment phase.
Photo By Tech. Sgt. Lee Harshman
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