Public Domain Picture: C-17 crew makes history in Antarctica

By: U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Chris Vadnais, Courtesy: US Air Force

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C-17 crew makes history in Antarctica

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Lt. Col. James McGann looks out over the ice after a night vision goggles-assited landing on Pegasus Ice Runway near McMurdo Station, Antarctica, on Sept. 11. Colonel McGann leads a crew testing the concept of using night vision technology in combination with reflective cones and limited electrical lighting to land safely on the ice runway after dark. The mission was conducted by Joint Task Force Support Forces Antarctica, headquartered at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, and led by 13th Air Force. The joint task force is currently conducting Operation Deep Freeze in support of the National Science Foundation and U.S. Antarctic Program. Colonel McGann is the commander of the 304th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron at Christchurch, New Zealand.

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World War II had been over for two years and the Korean War lay three years ahead when the Air Force ended a 40-year association with the U.S. Army to become a separate service. The Department of the Air Force was created when President Harry S Truman signed the National Security Act of 1947.

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