SOUTH POLE -- The first C-17 airdrop mission to the South Pole was completed Dec 19, that delivered approximately 70,000 pounds of supplies. The airdrop’s success is due to the combined effort of Joint Task Force-Support Forces Antarctica Operation Deep Freeze, 62nd Airlift Wing, 446th Airlift Wing, 82nd Airborne Division, Royal New Zealand Defense Force, National Science Foundation and Raytheon Polar Services Corporation personnel. By validating the C-17 capability of conducting an airdrop at the Geographical South Pole, JTF-SFA Operation Deep Freeze demonstrated its ability to provide mid-winter emergency re-supply and flexible support to the National Science Foundation and U.S. Antarctica Program. Operation Deep Freeze is a unique joint and total force mission that first anchored U.S. National Policy in Antarctica in1955. (Photos by Forest Banks, Raytheon, Inc.)
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