Operation Deep freeze
Master Sgt. Sean Kelly, 161st Air Refueling Wing Aircrew Flight Equipment technician, is deployed with New York’s 109th Airlift Wing in support of Operation Deep Freeze to McMurdo Air Station, Ross Island, Antarctica, December 2011. Operation Deep Freeze, in support of science, is a part of the United States Antarctica Program and is funded by the National Science Foundation. The 109th Airlift Wing delivers supplies and personnel via LC-130 aircraft, landing the C-130s with skis on the ice shelf flight line. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo/Released)