LC-130 Skibird on Antarctica - Ski & JATO Rocket Equipped Cargo Aircraft

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An LC-130 “Skibird” with the 139th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron returns to McMurdo Station, Antarctica, from an IcePod mission Nov. 7, 2017. The LC-130 is deployed to Antarctica in support of Operation Deep Freeze from the New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing in Scotia, New York. This is the 30th season the 109th AW is providing ODF support. ODF is the Department of Defense’s logistical support to the National Science Foundation’s U.S. Antarctic Program.

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The 109th is just a few miles from my house and the planes routinely fly over doing flight exercises. I love watching our Skiers in action!

lindaw

These are an everyday sight at my house I just bought. It's about 2 miles away from Stratton Air base in New York. Their practice runs are a sight to see still, It's amazing.

YSoSirius-kslo

The Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave, thank you service men and women, I am forever grateful for your service. Hooah

siribiriz

Love how even with rocket assisted take off barely makes it into the air lol

peterwood

When your aircraft absolutely, positively, has to be up in the air right now, JATO!

sphinxrising

The New York Guard Hercules LC - 130 operate out of Christchurch International Airport (New Zealand)
Over our summer which is the ice season, i usually see the hercules heading down to the ice, as they usually fly over our house on the way there interesting that 109th may be moving on to the LC-130 J, as there were last season some Hercules of theirs that sounded different from the older Hercules they use, noted that a turbo Douglas C-47/DC-3, last time that that a C-47 was also known as R4D's late rename LC-47H's by the U.S Navy would have been mid to late 1960s, the first to use The name LC was US Navy. VXE-6 Squadron (US Navy) operated operation Deep Freeze from 1950's to 1998 with back up from the U.S.A.F for bigger loads. From the 1998 to the present now all U.S.A.F operated.

nigelbranthwaite

This is the english comment your looking for

---tdff

Dam big and powerful strong. used all over ..what a plane great video too..thank you

brendaproffitt

Here is some great clear footage of a LC-130 in Antarctica, now for takeoff and firing of the JATO rockets we'll be switching over to a potato camera...

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