ANTARCTICA ice runway! FULLY LOADED C-17 GLOBEMASTER lands and takes-off from DEEP-SNOW AIRFIELD!

ANTARCTICA ice runway! Huge FULLY LOADED C-17 Globemaster lands and takes-off from DEEP-SNOW AIRFIELD! Official release: PHOENIX AIRFIELD, Antarctica -- A McChord Air Force Base C-17 Globemaster III crew and the Army Corps of Engineers teamed up to make the first landing and takeoff of a wheeled and fully-loaded cargo aircraft on a compacted-snow runway an otherwise routine event. A collaboration between the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Cold Regions Lab and the National Science Fo