Dec. 3, 2024 446th AW Leadership visits Team McChord Airmen supporting ODF 446th Airlift Wing leadership recently returned from Christchurch, New Zealand, where they connected with Airmen from the 446th and 62d Airlift Wings to recognize the Airmen and gain further insight into the critical role of Team McChord in Operation Deep Freeze.
Oct. 8, 2021 Operation Deep Freeze kicks off 2021-2022 main season The U.S. military kicked off the 2021-2022 season of Operation Deep Freeze (ODF), when a team of Airmen from the 446th and 62nd Airlift Wings departed for Christchurch, New Zealand, this September.
April 28, 2021 Operation Deep Freeze completes another successful season despite pandemic concerns Though it is another season for the books, the 2020-2021 season of Operation Deep Freeze (ODF) ends as a highlight for one Reserve Citizen Airman’s career.
Aug. 14, 2020 ODF missions to bring life-sustaining supplies to Antarctica while keeping it COVID-free A team of 30 Airmen departed here to start a two-week quarantine period in Christchurch, New Zealand, Aug. 5, before conducting missions delivering supplies to McMurdo Station in Antarctica. The 304th Expeditionary Air Squadron (EAS) is a deployed unit made up of Airmen from the 62nd Airlift Wing,
Sept. 26, 2018 Rapid Antarctic airlift saves lives Just after completing the final flight of the Southern hemisphere winter Antarctic season, the 304th Expeditionary Air Squadron (EAS) was alerted there was a medical emergency at the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) McMurdo Station Aug. 25.
Aug. 15, 2018 Antarctic airlift overcomes polar hurdles For the first time in the 63-year history of Operation Deep Freeze (ODF), members of the 304th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron flew six daily missions in a row, making up for a troublesome weather situation.“We were challenged with quite a few delays caused by winter storms, which put us behind to
Nov. 1, 2016 McChord Airmen complete 60 years of Antarctic airlift Airmen from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, flew from Christchurch, New Zealand to McMurdo Station, Antarctica Oct. 21, tracing a similar flight pattern to one flown 60 years earlier. The flight commemorated the first ever Air Force Antarctic flight flown in a Douglas C-124 Globemaster II,
Sept. 23, 2015 Annual Operation DEEP FREEZE to commence Sept. 28 The U.S. military will kick off the 2015-2016 season of Operation DEEP FREEZE, the Department of Defense’s support of the U.S. Antarctic Program and the National Science Foundation, with operations commencing Sept. 28. This support is provided by Joint Task Force-Support Forces Antarctica, led by