Display Status:
This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
Collection Item Summary:
Five unidentified men, probably part of a team assigned to Operation DEEP FREEZE at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, circa circa October 1965-February 1966, pose next to sign "WELCOME, WADE ARMY AIRFIELD, ELEV. 5690." The tail of US Army Bell UH-1B (HU-1B) Iroquois (Huey, tail no. 10788) can be seen at right background.
Collection Item Long Description:
Topic
- Aeronautics, Military
- Aircraft
- Helicopters
- Operation Deep Freeze
- United States. Naval Support Force, Antarctica