330-PSA-226-64 (USN 826530):  Rear Admiral James R. Reedy, Commander, U.S. Naval Support Forces, Antarctica, takes a turn at the controls during the flight from Melbourne to McMurdo, which officially opened Operation Deep Freeze 1965.  Photograph released October 15, 1964.   Master caption:  Operation Deep Freeze 1965 was officially opened September 30, 1964, when a C-130 Hercules left Avalon airstrip near Melbourne, Australia, for a non-stop flight to McMurdo Station.  The ski-equipped cargo plane, with Rear Admiral James R. Reedy, Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Antarctica, onboard, was piloted by Commander F.S. Gallup, Commander Air Development Squadron Six.  It was the Navy’s first flight to the southernmost continent from Australia.  Last year’s Operation Deep Freeze opened with a similar flight from Cape Town, South Africa.  (2015/11/03).
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