C-17s and Airmen deployed for Operation Deep Freeze have started flying crucial personnel and equipment into Antarctica for winter flying season. The C-17s, deployed from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., have flown three missions in recent weeks, transporting 151 personnel and 165,000 pounds of cargo to ...
Airmen with the 304th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron are quarantining in New Zealand, before the Air Force begins one of the most unique Operation Deep Freeze seasons in recent history. Because of COVID-19, the 30 Airmen are in quarantine after arriving Aug. 6 at Christchurch. The ...
An airman deployed to Antarctica for Operation Deep Freeze died earlier this month because of natural causes, the Air Force announced. SSgt. George Girtler, an aircraft electrical and environmental specialist with the New York Air National Guard’s 139th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, died Jan. 11 at ...