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139th Airlift Squadron |
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All of the Lockheed Hercules C-130D aircraft were transferred from the 17th Tactical Airlift Squadron to the 109th Tactical Airlift Group (109th TAG), New York Air National Guard, Schenectady County Airport, in June and July of 1975. |
C-130: A Plane You Can
Depend On - An article by Fred
Reed
Getting Bluenosed in
Greenland's Roost- An article
by Fred Reed
Report from Sondrestrom
1997 - Thomas F. Noel, 109th Airlift Wing, NYANG
SKI not SKE - Article by Captain Stephen Fifield, The
Combat Airlift Review, June 1997
109th Airlift Wing History
- Courtesy of Philippe Colin
LC-130 Stranded in
Antarctica -
Veteran 'Ski' Pilot
Assumes Antarctic Command - Col. Graham Pritchard, Former Firebird (June 10, 1999)
"The Future of
Antarctic Research" - Why the Raven Gang went to the Antarctic (June 10, 1999)
NYANG Assumes Antarctic
Responsibilities - (June 7, 1999)
109th Completes Antarctic
Transition - Mar-April 1998 Guard Times (June 10, 1999)
Robins AFB Squadron
Rescues Stranded LC-130 - December 1998 (June 7, 1999)
Crevasse Curtails LC-130
Take-off - Article by Ginny Figlar of the Antarctic Sun
newspaper (June 7, 1999)
The Crevasse - Photo
of crevasse that curtailed LC-130 takeoff - 167K (June 11, 1999)
Antarctic Change of
Command Puts 109th in Charge - Jan-Feb 1998 Guard Times (June 7, 1999)
109th Begins Antarctic
Support Missions - October-December 1998 issue of Guard Times (June 7, 1999)
On the Barren Path
- Airman magazine, October 2001 (November
20, 2003)
Top to Bottom - Code
One magazine 3rd Quarter 2003 (December 22, 2003)
Recipe for Pickled Raven
Eggs - Courtesy of William H. Pickney, 109th NYANG
Raven on the ‘Cap
– (Airman magazine, November 1976.
Courtesy of Firebird Paul Smith.)
Even on a good day, polar
flying is never simple – USA Today, 1999
Operation Deep
Freeze LC-130 arrives at Hickam – November 19, 2006
Operation Grip -
New York Air Guard supports far reaching science missions - (August
2, 2007)
109th Airlift Wing
commemorates first South Pole landing - (August
2, 2007) 
Deep Freeze
members help commemorate Scott 50th anniversary - (August
2, 2007)