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  • Missouri Air Guard airlifts near North Pole

    They have deployed and airlifted cargo around the world, but never above the Arctic Circle. This was the farthest north they had ever flown, they said.Airmen from the Missouri Air National Guard's 139th Airlift Wing deployed to the world's largest island -- Greenland -- from July 23 to 27 to support

  • New York Air Guard supports far-reaching science missions

    The gray and orange LC-130 Hercules, one of the world's largest cargo aircraft with skis, touched down 10,600 feet above sea level onto the frozen ice sheet here July 24 to continue an airlift mission that serves as the only supply line for some of the world's leading scientists studying our

  • Team McChord proves C-17s have global reach

    The capability of the C-17 Globemaster III and Team McChord Airmen reaches to the very end of the earth. And that global reach was affirmed today when a Team McChord aircrew completed the first C-17 airdrop over the South Pole, delivering 70,000 pounds of supplies to the National Science Foundation.

  • McChord makes first-ever C-17 polar airdrop

    In the first-ever C-17 Globemaster III polar airdrop, McChord aircrews delivered life-sustaining cargo to National Science Foundation scientists on the North Pole April 12. The last polar airdrop was conducted in 2001 by the venerable, but now retired C-141 Starlifter.