OUR HISTORY

C-17 -0168 lands on the Pegasus runway in Antarctica during a test to figure out how to prevent the runway from melting and turning to slush.  Located on a freshwater glacier, the runway sits atop 100 to 200 feet of ice, the Pegasus runway is the main runway in Antarctica.

OPERATIONS ENDURING FREEDOM (AFIE) -- Air Force reservists from the 97th Airlift Squadron at McChord Air Force Base, Wash., and airmen from the 723rd Aerial Port Squadron at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, offload pallets of humanitarian aid from a C-17A Globemaster III cargo aircraft at Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, on Dec. 10,2001. Two other C-17s dropped 17,220 HDRs, bringing the total number of HDRs delivered to more than 2.3 million on Dec. 11. 

U.S. Air Force members help offload  pallets from C-17A-0168 at Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. The Globemaster III left Ramstein Air Base Germany, Dec. 10, 2001 to deliver 12 pallets of humanitarian aid supplies The aid was funded with donations from American children after President Bush announced the formation of America's Fund for Afghan Children in early October. 

Turkmenistan workers load pallets of American humanitarian aid onto trucks at Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, on Dec. 10.