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Reporters take photographs of a New York Air National Guard 109th Airlift Wing LC-130 Skibird at Summit, Greenland, on June 29, 2015. Airmen and aircraft from the New York Air National Guard's 109th AW stage out of Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, during the summer months, supplying fuel and supplies and transporting passengers in and out of various National Science Foundation camps on the ice shelf in Greenland throughout the entire season. The unique capabilities of the ski-equipped LC-130 aircraft make it the only one of its kind in the U.S. military, able to land on snow and ice.
150721-A-YG824-005.JPG Photo By: Staff Sgt. Benjamin German

Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, Greenland - Reporters take photographs of a New York Air National Guard 109th Airlift Wing LC-130 Skibird at Summit, Greenland, on June 29, 2015. Airmen and aircraft from the New York Air National Guard's 109th AW stage out of Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, during the summer months, supplying fuel and supplies and transporting passengers in and out of various National Science Foundation camps on the ice shelf in Greenland throughout the entire season. The unique capabilities of the ski-equipped LC-130 aircraft make it the only one of its kind in the U.S. military, able to land on snow and ice.


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