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  • An LC-130 assigned to the 109th Airlift Wing, New York Air National Guard at McMurdo Station, Antarctica during the 2024-25 Operation Deep freeze support season.
  • An LC-130 assigned to the 109th Airlift Wing, New York Air National Guard at McMurdo Station, Antarctica during the 2024-25 Operation Deep freeze support season.
  • An LC-130 assigned to the 109th Airlift Wing, New York Air National Guard at McMurdo Station, Antarctica during the 2024-25 Operation Deep freeze support season.
  • A LC-130 Hercules assigned to the 109th Airlift Wing flies over Parsons Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada, March 4. The LC-130 Hercules can land on snow and ice using skis. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Jocelyn Tuller)
  • U.S. Air National Guard airmen and Canadian Forces pose for a photo in front of a LC-130 Hercules from the 109th Airlift Wing, New York Air National Guard and a CC-138 Twin Otter attached to the 440 Transport Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force on March 7, Inuvik, Canada. The LC-130 Hercules and CC-138 Twin Otter aircraft are both able to land on snow and ice with skis. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Jocelyn Tuller)
  • A LC-130 Hercules assigned to the 109th Airlift Wing retrieves cargo from Parsons Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada, March 5. The LC-130’s flown by the 109th Airlift Wing are the largest tactical aircraft in the world with the ability to land on snow and ice using skis.
  • An aerial photo of the ski landing area and Arctic Camp on Parsons Lake, Northwest territories, Canada, March 4. A ski landing area allowed the LC-130 Hercules to land on snow and ice using skis. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Jocelyn Tuller)
  • U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Matthew Gadway, a member of the 109th Airlift Wing’s Polar Camp Skiway Team, grooms a ski landing area with a snow machine at Templeton Bay, Nunavut, Canada March 13, 2023. The 109th’s LC-130's landed on the ski landing area to transport personnel and cargo to the austere Arctic environment during exercise Guerrier Nordique 2023. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt Madison Scaringe)
  • The sun setting over the 109th Airlift Wing’s Polar Camp Skiway Team’s camp at Templeton Bay, Nunavut, Canada March 12, 2023. The PCST camped at the bay and used snow machines to groom a skiway, allowing the 109th’s LC-130s to transport personnel and cargo in the austere Arctic environment during exercise Guerrier Nordique 2023. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt Madison Scaringe)
  • The 109th Airlift Wing’s Officer in Charge of the Polar Camp Skiway Team, Lt Col Matthew Sala, uses a radio to communicate with an LC-130 pilot at Templeton Bay, Nunavut, Canada March 14, 2023. Sala used the radio to describe the ground conditions to the incoming aircrew. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt Madison Scaringe)
  • Airmen from the 109th Airlift Wing attend a lunch with veterans, January 29, 2025, Scotia, N.Y. This event is recurring and organized by the 109th Airlift Wing’s Good Neighbor Committee.
  • Airmen from the 109th Airlift Wing attend a lunch with veterans, January 29, 2025, Scotia, N.Y. This event is recurring and organized by the 109th Airlift Wing’s Good Neighbor Committee.
  • Airmen from the 109th Airlift Wing attend a lunch with veterans, January 29, 2025, Scotia, N.Y. This event is recurring and organized by the 109th Airlift Wing’s Good Neighbor Committee.
  • Airmen from the 109th Airlift Wing prepare to depart for the beginning of Operation Deep Freeze with LC-130 Hercules aircraft from Scotia, N.Y., October 17, 2024. Operation Deep Freeze is an annual U.S. Pacific Air Forces-led joint interagency mission to provide logistical and transportation support to the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Antarctic Program. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Jocelyn Tuller)
  • Airmen from the 109th Airlift Wing prepare to depart for the beginning of Operation Deep Freeze with LC-130 Hercules aircraft from Scotia, N.Y., October 17, 2024. Operation Deep Freeze is an annual U.S. Pacific Air Forces-led joint interagency mission to provide logistical and transportation support to the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Antarctic Program. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Jocelyn Tuller)
  • Brendan Murphy poses with a 109th Airlift patch given to him by a service member.
  • Brendan Murphy, a new recruit, poses with a 109th Airlift patch in front of the flightline at the 109th Airlift Wing, Scotia, NY, on August 27, 2024. Murphy took a similar photo when he was young, with a patch given to him by a member of the 109th Airlift Wing.
  • Master Sgt. Jeremy Morey, security forces supervisor assigned to the 109th Airlift Wing, Scotia New York, instructs an Airman during a security forces augmented training course on September 17, 2024. The purpose of the augmentee course is to backfill at home station when security forces defenders must forward deploy. The course covers weapons training, combative and day to day base procedures.
  • Staff Sgt. David Hacker- a combat arms instructor assigned to the 109th Airlift Wing, Scotia New York, instructs a weapons qualifications during a security forces augmented training course on September 17, 2024. The purpose of the augmentee course is to backfill at home station when security forces defenders must forward deploy. The course covers weapons training, combative and day to day base procedures.
  • Airman assigned to the 109th Airlift Wing, Scotia New York, participate in a security forces augmented training course. The purpose of the augmentee course is to backfill at home station when security forces defenders must forward deploy. The course covers weapons training, use of force and day-to-day base procedures.
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240827-Z-GV629-1001

Brendan Murphy poses with a 109th Airlift patch given to him by a service member.

PHOTO BY: Senior Airman Jocelyn Tuller
VIRIN: 240827-Z-GV629-1001
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iPhone 13 Pro Max

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iPhone 13 Pro Max back triple camera 1.57mm f/1.8

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18/10

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1/60

ISO

320

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