ANTARCTICA ice runway FULLY LOADED C 17 GLOBEMASTER lands and takes off from DEEP SNOW AIRFIELD

ANTARCTICA ice runway Huge FULLY LOADED C17 Globemaster lands and takesoff from DEEPSNOW AIRFIELD Official release: PHOENIX AIRFIELD, Antarctica A McChord Air Force Base C17 Globemaster III crew and the Army Corps of Engineers teamed up to make the first landing and takeoff of a wheeled and fullyloaded cargo aircraft on a compactedsnow runway an otherwise routine event. A collaboration between the U. S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center s Cold Regions Lab and the National Science Fo