2023 Arctic Buoy Drop (IMAGE)

Office of Naval Research

2023 Arctic Buoy Drop

Caption

From left to right, Alaska Air National Guard Senior Master Sgt. Brian Johnson, Tech. Sgt. Chris Eggleston and Senior Master Sgt. Cecil Dickerson, loadmasters assigned to the 144th Airlift Squadron at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, prepare to deploy an Air-Deployable Expendable Ice Buoy (AXIB) buoy during an airdrop mission over the Arctic Ocean, July 12, 2023. The Office of Naval Research partnered with the 144th AS to deploy five different types of data-gathering buoys across more than 1,000 nautical miles of the Arctic Ocean.

Credit

(U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Shelimar Rivera Rosado)

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Public Domain

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