With springtime in Antarctica comes the resumption of Operation Deep Freeze, the US military’s logistical support mission to US scientific researchers in Antarctica. C-17s from JB Lewis-McChord, Wash., will join ski-equipped LC-130s from the New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing in Scotia in ferrying supplies and researchers from Christchurch, New Zealand, to McMurdo Station, on Ross Island, Antarctica, through late February 2011. This is designated Deep Freeze’s 2010-11 season. Thirteenth Air Force at JB Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, leads the combined joint task force that executes this mission. In addition to the airlift, the task force includes sealift capability. This season, C-17 aircrews will be using night-vision equipment to land in total darkness at McMurdo Station, a capability they debuted during the 2009-10 season. (Pearl Harbor-Hickam release)
Wilsbach on Key Takeaway from Pacific ABMS Onramp
Oct. 27, 2020
Real-time, highly-detailed airfield status around the Pacific theater was one of the standout features of the Valiant Shield/Advanced Battle Management experiment run in September, Pacific Air Forces chief Gen. Kenneth S. Wilsbach reported at an AFA Mitchell Institute streaming event Oct. 27. It's the single feature he would most want…