230215-N-NX070-1089 A National Science Foundation-contracted helicopter is loaded onto a C-17A Globemaster III from the 304th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron at Phoenix Field, a compacted snow ice runway at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Joint Task Force-Support Forces Antarctica oversees the activities of the joint services and provides Department of Defense support to the National Science Foundation and United States Antarctic Program through Operation Deep Freeze.

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