Deep Freeze Main Season in Full Swing
Senior Master Sgt. Louis Orrie, Master Sgt. Lyle Lane and Staff Sgt. Gavin Smith push a pallet onto their C-17 Globemaster III prior to taking off from Christchurch, New Zealand Nov. 26, 2007 during Operation Deep Freeze. The Airmen, loadmaster, along with other Reserve and active duty Airmen from McChord Air Force Base, Wash. are at Christchurch supporting the 13th Air Force-led Joint Task Force Support Forces Antarctica, Operation Deep Freeze. Operation Deep Freeze is a unique joint and total force mission that has supported the National Science Foundation and U.S. Antarctic Program that began in 1955. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo)