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NY National Guard Troops Survive Antarctica and NZ Quake
I saw some of these guys at work in the wreckage of Christchurch on New Zealand TV a couple of days ago. All 26 members of the New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing, currently deployed in support of Operation Deep Freeze, are safe and unharmed after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck the New Zealand capitol of Christchurch today. The Air Guard wing will remain in Christchurch and are scheduled to begin returning home this week … Read entire article »
Filed under: Disasters, Hard Science, Military
Antarctica challenges Air Force every year
While the U.S. East Coast feels the closest it has come in many years to “extreme” weather, some service members are facing real cold as they support the National Science Foundation’s efforts in Antarctica. Air Force Col. Paul Sheppard, commander of the 13th Air Expeditionary Group and deputy commander of Joint Task Force Support Forces Antarctica, provided details of the mission from McMurdo Station, Antarctica, on the Pentagon Channel podcast, “Armed with Science: Research and Applications … Read entire article »
Filed under: Hard Science, Military, Science
NY Air National Guard Lifts Injured Aussie From Ice
HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii, Nov. 6, 2008 – A combined U.S. and Australian team evacuated an Australian civilian in Antarctica to a hospital in Hobart, Australia, yesterday [November 5 2008]. The seriously injured patient was part of an Australian Antarctic Division contingent conducting scientific research at Davis Station, Antarctica. He was reported to be in stable condition while receiving medical care in Hobart for multiple fractures caused by an all-terrain vehicle accident. A medical team flew … Read entire article »
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