Smithsonian Honors Aircrews that Flew 2016 Medical-Evacuation Flight to NSF's South Pole Station
March 28, 2017
March 28, 2017
WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release:
The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum will award the 2017 Trophy for Current Achievement to aircrews that flew a mission last summer to evacuate patients from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica.
The mission was unprecedented, taking place at a time of year when the sun had set for the six-month winter. The combinat . . .
The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum will award the 2017 Trophy for Current Achievement to aircrews that flew a mission last summer to evacuate patients from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica.
The mission was unprecedented, taking place at a time of year when the sun had set for the six-month winter. The combinat . . .