The Lockheed LC-130 is a ski-equipped United States Air Force variant of the C-130 Hercules used in the Arctic and Antarctic. Ten are currently in service with the 109th Airlift Wing of the New York Air National Guard.
Lockheed LC-130
Close up of LC-130 nose ski
The 109th Airlift Wing is a unit of the New York Air National Guard, stationed at Stratton Air National Guard Base, Schenectady, New York. If activated to federal service, the Wing is gained by the United States Air Force Air Mobility Command.
An LC-130 Hercules from the 109th Airlift Wing, New York Air National Guard takes off as part of Operation Deep Freeze, in Antarctica.
139th Tactical Fighter Squadron F-86H Sabre, 1958
139th MAS C-97 at snowy Schenectady in the 1960s.
109th AW LC-130H landing at McMurdo Station, Antarctica