Airmen at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, as part of Operation Deep Freeze hold a retreat ceremony Feb. 16 2010, following the departure of the last LC-130 Hercules from the continent. The 2009-2010 season of ODF, the Department of Defense’s logistical support to the National Science Foundation and U.S. Antarctic Program in Antarctica, is wrapping up as personnel re-deploy from Antarctica and New Zealand. Joint Task Force Support Forces Antarctica headquartered at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, Hawaii, and led by 13th Air Force, coordinated ODF operations. (Courtesy photo)

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Maj. Jeff Hedges, Joint Task Force Support Forces Antarctica executive officer, leads Airmen at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, during a retreat ceremony Feb. 16 2010, following the departure of the last LC-130 Hercules from the continent. The 2009-2010 season of Operation Deep Freeze, the Department of Defense’s logistical support to the National Science Foundation and U.S. Antarctic Program in Antarctica, is wrapping up as personnel re-deploy from Antarctica and New Zealand. JTF SFA, headquartered at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, Hawaii, and led by 13th Air Force, coordinated ODF operations. (Courtesy photo)

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Retreat held in Antarctica as LC-130s depart

Published Feb. 18, 2010
By Lieutenant Colonel Samuel B. Highley

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR HICKAM, Hawaii -- Airmen at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, as part of Operation Deep Freeze held a retreat ceremony Feb. 16 after the last LC-130 Hercules left the continent.

The 2009-2010 season of ODF, the Department of Defense's logistical support to the National Science Foundation and U.S. Antarctic Program in Antarctica, is wrapping up as personnel re-deploy from Antarctica and New Zealand.

Joint Task Force Support Forces Antarctica, headquartered here and led by 13th Air Force, coordinated strategic intertheater airlift, tactical LC-130 Hercules deep field support, aeromedical evacuation support, search and rescue response, sealift, seaport access, bulk fuel supply, port cargo handling and transportation requirements as part of ODF.