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Staff Sgt. Barry Buchmiller rolls up tie-down straps prior to the installation of a Tucker System on a U.S. Air Force C-141 Starlifter at Christchurch International Airport, Christchurch, New Zealand, on July 11, 1999. Buchmiller is part of an Air Force crew conducting a humanitarian mid-winter air drop mission to Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station operated by the National Science Foundation. The air drop will contain medical supplies needed for a 47-year-old American woman who discovered a lump in her breast. The Tucker System is a series of specialized rollers that enables cargo to be air-dropped out of the troop doors of the Starlifter. Buchmiller is crew chief from the 62nd Aircraft Generation Squadron, McChord Air Force Base, Wash.
(DoD photo by Master Sgt. Raymond T. Conway, U.S. Air Force. (Released))
| Date Taken: | 07.10.1999 |
| Date Posted: | 07.27.2025 12:28 |
| Photo ID: | 9209564 |
| VIRIN: | 990711-D-D0439-9011 |
| Resolution: | 1268x1012 |
| Size: | 578.08 KB |
| Location: | CHRISTCHURCH INTN'L AIRPORT, NZ |
| Web Views: | 5 |
| Downloads: | 1 |
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