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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

An aircraft uses skis to taxi on a snowy runway.

Deep Freeze

A ski-equipped Hercules aircraft taxis along a compacted snow ice runway at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, Feb. 4, 2023. The aircraft is assigned to the Air Force's 139th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, which is supporting Operation Deep Freeze, a joint military mission to resupply the nation's Antarctic stations each year.

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