US 109th Airlift Wing deploys LC-130 Super Hercules to New Zealand for emergency missions to Antarctica

Airmen and Aircraft from the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing will not be flying to Antarctica this year to provide logistics support to the National Science Foundation's U.S. Antarctic Program. The change in mission is being made because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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A member of the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing performs maintenance on an LC-130J Super Hercules, ski equipped aircraft at McMurdo Station, Antarctica on December 17, 2018 (Picture source: U.S. Air National Guard/Tech Sgt. Gabriel Enders)

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