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109th Airlift Wing Wraps up Antarctic Science Support MissionMarch 13, 2024 — STRATTON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.Y. - The New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing concluded its annual Operation Deep Freeze mission, marking the end of another productive season... MORE 

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NY Air Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing Supports Antarctic ScienceOctober 24, 2023 — STRATTON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.Y. - The New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing began its annual round of logistics support for U.S. Antarctic research by sending five LC-130 aircraft on... MORE 

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New York Air National Guard Supports Antarctic ResearchMarch 29, 2023 — STRATTON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.Y. - The New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing flew more than 180 missions from October to March to support National Science Foundation research in... MORE 

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109th Retrograde Cargo Team Builds Pallets at South PoleFebruary 17, 2023 — STRATTON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.Y. - Four air transportation specialists from the New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing spent five weeks at Antarctica’s Amundsen-Scott South Pole... MORE 

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176th Wing Airmen Stay Warm During Operation Deep FreezeFebruary 10, 2023 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - Alaska Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Benjamen Hancox, a 176th Logistics Readiness Squadron air transportation craftsman, served as one of five Alaska... MORE 

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NY Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing Supports Antarctic ResearchOctober 25, 2022 — STRATTON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.Y. - The New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing launched the first of five LC-130 “Skibird” aircraft to Antarctica Oct. 19 to support National Science... MORE 

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NY Guard trains on frozen lake to prep for polar missionsFebruary 16, 2022 — GREAT SACANDAGA LAKE, N.Y. – Twenty Airmen assigned to the New York National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing are honing their skills as members of the Polar Camp Ski-way Team (PCST) on the Great Sacandaga... MORE 

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NY National Guard Airmen begin returning from Antarctic missionFebruary 11, 2022 — SCOTIA, NEW YORK – Seventy-three Airmen and three LC-130 "Skibirds" assigned to the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing are expected to begin returning from Antarctica to Stratton Air... MORE 

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New York National Guard Airmen get polar survival trainingFebruary 4, 2022 — SCOTIA, N.Y. - The New York National Guard Airmen who fly people to the South Pole or supplies to Greenland science stations on the 109th Airlift Wing’s LC-130 Hercules “Skibirds” must know how to... MORE 

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NY Air Guard gears up to support Antarctic science researchOctober 6, 2021 — STRATTON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.Y. – The New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing is beginning its annual support for National Science Foundation research in Antarctica by sending three... MORE 

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New York Air Guard's Skibirds wrap up 2021 Greenland missionSeptember 30, 2021 — SCOTIA, N.Y. - The New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing wrapped up its annual support to the National Science Foundation in Greenland as Airmen and LC-130 "Skibirds" returned to Stratton... MORE 

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Operation Deep Freeze: maintaining the missionApril 23, 2020 — ANTARCTICA – Antarctica appears to be a frozen wasteland of endless white. While this is what many perceive, the truth is there is a vast array of life and wonder on this continent. Operation Deep... MORE 

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From Vermont to Antarctica (and back)April 13, 2020 — ANTARCTICA – Close to midnight on Jan. 7, Chaplain Esther Lee arrived at the McMurdo Station in Antarctica. Chosen to be part of the support staff for Operation Deep Freeze (ODF), Lee “hit the ground... MORE 

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NY Air Guard helps resupply northernmost Canadian outpostOctober 9, 2019 — STRATTON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Scotia, N.Y. – The New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing delivered more than 100,000 pounds of cargo to the most northern permanently inhabited place in... MORE 

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NY Air Guard, Brazil partner on Antarctic flyingOctober 2, 2019 — STRATTON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.Y. — Six Airmen from the 109th Airlift Wing traveled to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil Sept. 14-21 as part of the New York National Guard's new state partnership with the... MORE 

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