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New York Air Guard supports far reaching science missions

Master Sgt. Ray Boyea from the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing directs cargo onto an LC-130 Hercules July 26 on the flight line at Kangerlussuaq Airport, Greenland. The wing's gray and orange "skibirds" are the world's largest ski-equipped cargo aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Mike R. Smith)
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New York Air Guard supports far reaching science missions

An LC-130 Hercules from the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing is loaded with cargo at Camp Summit July 24 on the Greenland Ice Sheet. The wing's gray and orange "skibirds" are the world's largest ski-equipped cargo aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Mike R. Smith)
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New York Air Guard supports far reaching science missions

Maintainers from the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing attach jet-assisted takeoff , or JATO, bottles to an LC-130 Hercules "skibird" July 24 on the flight line at Kangerlussuaq Airport, Greenland. JATO provides a few extra knots of speed to pull the aircraft's nose up from skiways on the Greenland ice sheet. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Mike R. Smith)
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Operation Deep Freeze mission wraps up

Lt. Col. Jim McGann stands on the Hickam flightline in front of a C-17 Globemaster III from McChord Air Force Base, Wash., and an LC-130 Hercules from the 109th Airlift Wing at Scotia, New York. The 2006-2007 season of the 13th Air Force-led Joint Task Force-Support Forces Antarctica, Operation Deep Freeze, wrapped up Feb. 26 with the redeployment of the aircraft from Christchurch, New Zealand. This unique joint and total force mission has supported the National Science Foundation and U.S. Antarctic Program since 1955. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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109th Airlift Wing commemorates first South Pole landing

A U.S. Air Force LC-130 Hercules from the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing touches down near McMurdo, Antarctica. The first plane landed there 50 years ago. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Airmen pay tribute to fallen guardsman

Airmen from the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing Honor Guard lift the flag from Master Sgt. Joseph Longobardo's casket Sept. 11. Sergeant Longobardo, a guardsman with the 109th Security Forces Squadron, was a New York state policeman killed in the line of duty Sept. 3 while participating in the manhunt for a fugitive. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Willie Giazara)
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Airmen pay tribute to fallen guardsman

Master Sgt. Joseph Longobardo stands in front of an LC-130 Hercules assigned to the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing. Sergeant Longobardo, a guardsman with the 109th Security Forces Squadron, was a New York State Police officer who was killed in the line of duty Sept. 3 while participating in the manhunt for fugitive Ralph "Bucky" Williams. He was laid to rest Sept. 11. (Courtesy photo)
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Airmen pay tribute to fallen guardsman

An LC-130 Skibird from the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing at nearby Stratton Air National Guard Base tips its wings Sept. 11 during a flyover of the funeral ceremony for Master Sgt. Joseph Longobardo. Sergeant Longobardo, a guardsman with the 109th Security Forces Squadron, was a New York State Police officer who was killed in the line of duty Sept. 3 while participating in the manhunt for fugitive Ralph "Bucky" Williams. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Cathy Perretta)
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Airmen pay tribute to fallen guardsman

Airmen with the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing stand in formation Sept. 11 waiting for the burial ceremony for Master Sgt. Joseph Longobardo to begin. Sergeant Longobardo, a guardsman with the 109th Security Forces Squadron, was a New York State Police officer who was killed in the line of duty Sept. 3 while participating in the manhunt for fugitive Ralph "Bucky" Williams. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Cathy Perretta)
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Airmen pay tribute to fallen guardsman

Airmen from the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing Honor Guard perform a rifle salute during the funeral for Master Sgt. Joseph Longobardo Sept. 11. Sergeant Longobardo, a guardsman with the 109th Security Forces Squadron, was a New York State Police officer who was killed in the line of duty Sept. 3 while participating in the manhunt for fugitive Ralph "Bucky" Williams. More than 100 Airmen from the 109th AW attended his funeral. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Willie Gizara)
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Airmen pay tribute to fallen guardsman

More than 100 Airmen from the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing attended the funeral of Master Sgt. Joseph Longobardo Sept. 11. Sergeant Longobardo, a guardsman with the 109th Security Forces Squadron, was a New York State Police officer who was killed in the line of duty Sept. 3 while participating in the manhunt for fugitive Ralph "Bucky" Williams. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Willie Gizara)
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Airmen pay tribute to fallen guardsman

Airmen from the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing Honor Guard lift the flag from Master Sgt. Joseph Longobardo's casket during his funeral Sept. 11. Sergeant Longobardo, a guardsman with the 109th Security Forces Squadron, was a New York State Police officer who was killed in the line of duty Sept. 3 while participating in the manhunt for fugitive Ralph "Bucky" Williams. More than 100 Airmen from the 109th AW attended his funeral. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Willie Gizara)
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Operation Deep Freeze

HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii -- Phil Rhodes, marshals an LC-130 Hercules from the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing to a parking space here. Through Operation Deep Freeze, the wing ensures scientists near the South Pole have the people and supplies they need to do research and study the planets harshest environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo)
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Air Guard retraces first flight to South Pole

OVER ANTARCTICA -- Maj. Mark Doll, a pilot with the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing, looks out the window of an LC-130 Hercules over the area of Antarctica where Rear Adm. Richard E. Byrd established the Little America campsite 75 years ago. The edge of the Ross Ice Shelf and the sea ice in the area where Admiral Byrd established Little America broke off and floated away years ago. Major Doll and his crew took the long way to the pole to retrace the route of the first South Pole flight by Admiral Byrd. (Courtesy photo)
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Air Guard retraces first flight to South Pole

OVER ANTARCTICA -- Maj. Mark Doll, a pilot with the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing, looks out the window of an LC-130 Hercules over the area of Antarctica where Rear Adm. Richard E. Byrd established the Little America campsite 75 years ago. The edge of the Ross Ice Shelf and the sea ice in the area where Admiral Byrd established Little America broke off and floated away years ago. Major Doll and his crew took the long way to the pole to retrace the route of the first South Pole flight by Admiral Byrd. (Courtesy photo)
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Air Guard retraces first flight to South Pole

MCMURDO STATION, Antarctica -- Master Sgt. Carmello Modesto loads equipment sleds destined for the U.S. Antarctic Program's South Pole research station into the back of an LC-130 Hercules here. The cargo plane, from the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing, took the long way to the pole to retrace the route of the first South Pole flight by Rear Adm. Richard E. Byrd 75 years ago. (Courtesy photo)
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Operation Deep Freeze

WILLIAMS AIR FIELD, Antarctica (AFPN) -- Staff Sgt. Jim Touchette refuels an LC-130H here in support of Operation Deep Freeze. Touchette and the aircraft are assigned to the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing at Stratton ANG Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joe Zuccaro)
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