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nent. And an outbreak of illness weighs heavily on Vaughan’s mind — especially of the McMurdo Crud, a super cold that can knock even the toughest sergeant out for a week.
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On the ice In 1946, the Navy dispatched 13 ships and 4,700 personnel to the icy conti- nent to establish a research base; Op- eration Highjump remains the largest single Antarctic expedition in history. For more than 40 years, the Navy re- mained in the forefront of Antarctic discovery, taking the lead on Opera- tion Deep Freeze in the 1950s, with Antarctic Development Squadron Six (VX-6, later VXE-6) piloting the LC- 130s that are the program’s workhors- es. The LC-130s transport scientists, support personnel, and materials to Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station and other remote research sites from McMurdo Station. In 1988, the 109th Airlift Wing of
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the New York Air National Guard began augmenting the Navy fliers in Antarctica. No strangers to ice, the 109th had been flying C-130Ds, the precursor of today’s LC-130, since 1975 when they were resupplying a string of Distant Early Warning (DEW) radar sites along the northern Arctic tier. In 1999, when VXE-6 was decommissioned, the responsibil- ity for the scientific support mission in Antarctica passed to the U.S. Air Force, and the 109th Airlift Wing be- came the only unit in the U.S. military to fly the ski-equipped LC-130s. Advances in technology did away
with the need for the DEW line, but the 109th continues to operate the specially equipped Hercules in the Arctic regions and in Antarctica, playing a critical role in the ongoing success of Operation Deep Freeze. During the 2010-11 research season, the 109th flew 406 missions, ferry- ing more than 11.3 million pounds of cargo and 2,700 passengers to Ant-
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