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    Colony Glacier

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    Operation Colony Glacier 2024

    Operation Colony Glacier 2024

    08.16.24 | Alaskan Command Public Affairs | ALCOM
    Operation Colony Glacier is an effort to recover the remains of service members and wreckage from a C-124 Globemaster II that crashed in November...
    Operation Colony Glacier: Until They All Come Home

    Operation Colony Glacier: Until They All...

    06.23.23 | SSgt Andrew Alvarado | AFMAO
    Personnel from across the Department of Defense recover and process remains, personal effects and aircraft wreckage during Operation Colony...
    Colony Glacier 10th Anniversary

    Colony Glacier 10th Anniversary

    06.08.22 | Jason Minto | AFMAO
    This year marks the 10th anniversary of recovery operations from a C-124 Globemaster I crash on Colony Glacier near Anchorage, Alaska, Nov. 22,...
    Colony Glacier 2019 B Roll

    Colony Glacier 2019 B Roll

    06.21.19 | SSgt Johnathon Wines | JBERPA
    Service members stationed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska tour Colony Glacier June 21, 2019. Colony Glacier is the site of a plane...
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    AFMES accelerates Colony Glacier mission

    AFMES accelerates Colony Glacier mission

    09.10.25 | SSgt Noah Coger | AFMES
    A slide depicts the location of the 1952 Colony Glacier crash site where a C-124 Globemaster II, carrying 52 military members crashed into Mount...
    AKARNG aviators assist with Operation Colony Glacier 2025

    AKARNG aviators assist with Operation...

    07.23.25 | SSG Seth LaCount | AKNG
    Alaska Army National Guard aviators transport the Operation Colony Glacier recovery team to Colony Glacier on a UH-60 Black Hawk, a C-124...
    AKARNG aviators assist with Operation Colony Glacier 2025

    AKARNG aviators assist with Operation...

    07.23.25 | SSG Seth LaCount | AKNG
    Alaska Army National Guard aviators transport the Operation Colony Glacier recovery team to Colony Glacier on a UH-60 Black Hawk, a C-124...
    AKARNG aviators assist with Operation Colony Glacier 2025

    AKARNG aviators assist with Operation...

    07.23.25 | SSG Seth LaCount | AKNG
    Alaska Army National Guard aviators transport the Operation Colony Glacier recovery team to Colony Glacier on a UH-60 Black Hawk, a C-124...
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    AFMES accelerates Colony Glacier mission

    AFMES accelerates Colony Glacier mission

    09.10.25 | SSgt Noah Coger | AFMES
    It’s been 73 years since a C-124 Globemaster II, carrying 52 military members tragically crashed into Mount Gannett in the Chugach Mountains of...
    Air Mobility Museum unveils new AFMAO exhibit with personal effects from Operation Colony Glacier

    Air Mobility Museum unveils new AFMAO...

    09.15.23 | Jason Minto | AFMAO
    The Air Mobility Command Museum, Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, recently unveiled a new exhibit featuring Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations....
    Arctic Angels assist with 2022 Colony Glacier recovery efforts

    Arctic Angels assist with 2022 Colony...

    06.21.22 | John Pennell | 11thABNDiv
    On November 22, 1952, a U.S. Air Force C-124 Globemaster II flying from McChord Air Force Base, Washington, to Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska,...
    3rd OSS ensures safe return for fallen service members

    3rd OSS ensures safe return for fallen...

    06.24.21 | SSgt Johnathon Wines |
    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska—Nearly 70 years after a fatal crash claimed the lives of 52 service members in an austere area of the...
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