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Medical evacuation

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand – A C-17 Globemaster III takes off here June 29, in support of a medical evacuation of an ailing National Science Foundation government contractor from Antarctica. The Joint Base Lewis-McChord aircraft is tactically assigned to the 304th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron as part of the Joint Task Force-Support Forces Antarctica medical evacuation mission. The aircrew manning and operating the aircraft departed Christchurch and successfully returned from McMurdo Station, Antarctica June 30. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. David Herndon)

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