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==Current status== {{update|date=April 2024}} [[File:Operation Deep Freeze retreat ceremony.jpg|thumb|left|Airmen saluting the last LC-130 to depart from Antarctica in 2010]] United States civilian and scientific operations on the Antarctic continent are overseen by the [[United States Antarctic Program]] as well as the National Science Foundation. Military support missions flown from [[Christchurch International Airport]] are conducted during the Antarctic summer (late September to early March) each year by The 109th Airlift Wing Scotia New York. The Ski equipped LC-130 Hercules is the backbone of Operation Deep Freeze. [[LC-130 Hercules]] aircraft provide the logistical movement of cargo to remote operating locations on the continent. These aircraft are augmented by the [[United States Coast Guard]] [[icebreaker]] [[USCGC Polar Star|USCGC ''Polar Star'']], the [[Air Force Materiel Command]], and the [[Military Sealift Command]]. The United States Air Force [[13th Air Expeditionary Group]] deploys to Christchurch, New Zealand during the operational season. {{Clear}} A documentary on the early missions, ''Ice Eagles: An Account of American Aviation in Antarctica'', was scheduled to be released in 2016.<ref>{{cite web |author =Mary Stortstrom |title =Veteran recalls details of his mission to Antarctica |website =[[The Journal (West Virginia newspaper)|The Journal]] |date =March 15, 2015 |url =http://www.mynewsonthego.com/journal/reader/story.aspx?id=00a790a9-7a5e-46f8-b8be-65b7fce442a6 |access-date = March 15, 2015}}</ref> Lockheed Martin is currently the prime contractor for the National Science Foundation's United States Antarctic Program.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/products/antarctic-support-contract.html|title=Antarctic Support Contract|work=lockheedmartin.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140626083847/http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/products/antarctic-support-contract.html|archive-date=2014-06-26}}</ref> The contract award was announced via a NSF press release on 28 December 2011 after a bid solicitation process of almost four years. Support operations began on 1 April 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=122659&org=NSF&from=news|title=NSF Awards Logistical Support Contract for U.S. Antarctic Program - NSF - National Science Foundation|work=nsf.gov}}</ref> The original contract synopsis indicated that the government was contemplating a contract period of {{frac|11|1|2}} years.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&tab=core&id=05c0537d3ff81a11cd91e632275c990e&_cview=0 |title = Antarctic Support Contract - Federal Business Opportunities: Opportunities}}</ref>
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