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LC-130H Skibird Of the 109th Airlift Wing Lands on Freshwater Ice In Canada for the First Time
The LC-130H is a specialized variant of the C-130 Hercules equipped with ski landing gear for take-off and landing on snow runways in the high latitudes. Only 10 operational LC-130s are currently ...
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Duty Calls: Airmen return to Scotia from supporting Antarctic research
The airmen used five ski-equipped LC-130 Hercules troop-cargo aircraft during 79 missions. Advertisement Article continues below this ad They transported 1,076 passengers, carried 900 tons of ...
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Step inside the C-130, the super-versatile workhorse that flies Navy SEAL missions, delivers supplies to Antarctica and fights wildfires
This aircraft has a four-person team in the cockpit, including a navigator. Visibility is often so bad on these polar missions that a navigator is essential. This team is the only branch of the ...
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America Just Deployed C-130 Planes to … Antarctica?
The LC-130, a ski-equipped variant of the C-130, has been participating in Operation Deep Freeze for years. But the C-130H out of Reno is far cheaper to operate. Why? Because the skis take up ...