The 109th Airlift Wing (Stratton Air National Guard Base) is unique as the only USAF unit equipped with 10 ski-equipped C-130 Hercules aircraft, and provides the nation's only air cargo lift capability to polar destinations.
http://www.109aw.ang.af.mil/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/109th_Airlift_Wing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_LC-130
LC-130H Polar Hercules
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By skyeye @ 2013-04-14 07:46:09
nico
@ 2013-04-14 07:57:40
Nice pic!
militaryman
@ 2013-04-14 10:17:20
Only unit in the military with that capability. The 109th has been doing transports to the arctic for a longtime, it wasn't until the 90s when the Navy ceased it's transports to the Antarctic and transferred it's duties to the 109th which does transports to both poles now.