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Antarctic journey
Early morning preparations are made and two C-130 cargo planes depart Stratton Air National Guard Base today for the 109th Airlift Wing's annual mission to Antarctica.
Posted on October 16, 2012.
Pilots meet to go over flight plan at Stratton Air National Guard Base, for Antarctica mission on Tuesday morning.
As the sun rises, Master Sgt. Jeff Jordan and Mechanic Chris Wren wait before an LC-130 is set to take off from Stratton Air National Guard for Antarctica mission on Tuesday morning.
Ray Palmer finishes loading radar equipment in cargo bay of a LC-130 that is set to take off from Stratton Air National Guard Base for Antarctica mission on Tuesday morning.
Ground support members move gas fill hose into place on a LC-130 that is set to take off from Stratton Air National Guard, for Antarctica mission on Tuesday morning.
Master Sgt. Jeff Jordan loads a LC-130 at Stratton Air National Guard, for Antarctica mission on Tuesday morning.
A LC-130 at Stratton Air National Guard, set to take off for Antarctica mission on Tuesday morning.
The flight crew arrives and boards a LC-130 set to take off from Stratton Air National Guard for Antarctica mission on Tuesday morning.
A flight crew member boards a LC-130 set to take off from Stratton Air National Guard for Antarctica mission on Tuesday morning.
Pilot Captain Daniel Marchegiani checks pre flight log before LC-130 is set to take off from Stratton Air National Guard, for Antarctica mission on Tuesday morning.
An LC-130 is set to take off from Stratton Air National Guard Base in Glenville for Antarctica on Tuesday morning.
Ground support members watch as a LC-130 is set to take off from Stratton Air National Guard, for Antarctica mission on Tuesday morning.
Ground support members remove electrical charging hardware from a LC-130 that is set to take off from Stratton Air National Guard for Antarctica mission on Tuesday morning.
Ground support members load a LC-130 at Stratton Air National Guard, for Antarctica mission on Tuesday morning.
LC-130 takes off from Stratton Air National Guard, for Antarctica mission on Tuesday morning.
An LC-130 takes off from Stratton Air National Guard Base in October, en route to Antarctica.
