Super Galaxy view: Above the Arctic Circle

Ice-covered areas are seen from above the Arctic Circle from the window of a C-5M Super Galaxy on a mission from Dover Air Force Base, Del., on June 5, 2011. The C-5M's mission was to complete the first Arctic overflight from Dover AFB to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. The plane successfully landed at Bagram just over 15 hours later on June 6, 2011. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol)

Super Galaxy view: Above the Arctic Circle

Ice-covered areas are seen from above the Arctic Circle from the window of a C-5M Super Galaxy on a mission from Dover Air Force Base, Del., on June 5, 2011. The C-5M's mission was to complete the first Arctic overflight from Dover AFB to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. The plane successfully landed at Bagram just over 15 hours later on June 6, 2011. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol)

Super Galaxy view: Above the Arctic Circle

Ice-covered areas are seen from above the Arctic Circle from the window of a C-5M Super Galaxy on a mission from Dover Air Force Base, Del., on June 5, 2011. The C-5M's mission was to complete the first Arctic overflight from Dover AFB to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. The plane successfully landed at Bagram just over 15 hours later on June 6, 2011. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol)

New Hampshire Air National Guard KC-135 refuelas C-5M completes first Arctic overflight to Afghanistan

Master Sgt. Sam Blackwell, boom operator, flies in a KC-135R Stratotanker from the 157th Air Refueling Wing of the New Hampshire Air National Guard at Pease Air National Guard Base, N.H., while refueling a C-5M Super Galaxy from Dover Air Force Base, Del., over northern Canada on June 5, 2011. The C-5M's mission was to complete the first Arctic overflight from Dover AFB to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. The plane successfully landed at Bagram just over 15 hours after take-off on June 6, 2011. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol)

Super Galaxy view: Above the Arctic Circle

Ice-covered areas are seen from above the Arctic Circle from the window of a C-5M Super Galaxy on a mission from Dover Air Force Base, Del., on June 5, 2011. The C-5M's mission was to complete the first Arctic overflight from Dover AFB to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. The plane successfully landed at Bagram just over 15 hours later on June 6, 2011. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol)

Super Galaxy view: Above the Arctic Circle

Ice-covered areas are seen from above the Arctic Circle from the window of a C-5M Super Galaxy on a mission from Dover Air Force Base, Del., on June 5, 2011. The C-5M's mission was to complete the first Arctic overflight from Dover AFB to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. The plane successfully landed at Bagram just over 15 hours later on June 6, 2011. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol)