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Air Force Reserve Command

Exhaust vapors form around a C-17 Globemaster III after engine start-up during an Operation Deep Freeze winter fly-in mission Aug. 25 at Pegasus White Ice Runway, Antarctica. A C-17 and 31 Air Force Reserve and Regular Air Force Airmen from McChord Air Force Base, Wash., conducted the annual winter fly-in augmentation of scientists, support staff, food and equipment for the U.S. Antarctic Program at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo)

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McChord reservists wrap up winter flights to Antarctica

A loadmaster and maintenance members conduct preflight checks on a C-17 Globemaster III before taking off on an Operation Deep Freeze winter fly-in mission Aug. 25 from Pegasus White Ice Runway, Antarctica. A C-17 and 31 Air Force Reserve and Regular Air Force Airmen from McChord Air Force Base, Wash., conducted the annual winter fly-in augmentation of scientists, support staff, food and equipment for the U.S. Antarctic Program at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo)

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McChord reservist wrap up Deep Freeze missions

Published Aug. 28, 2007