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    COLONY GLACIER

    Colony Glacier

    Colony Glacier    

    Colony Glacier is a real world mission to recover the remains and wreckage of a U.S. Air Force C-124 Globemaster aircraft that crashed Nov. 22, 1952, near Mt. Gannett, Alaska. Soldiers assigned to the Alaska Army National Guard discovered the debris from a Blackhawk helicopter on June 10, 2012, during a routine training mission on Colony Glacier nearly 14 miles from where the plane first crashed.

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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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    Operation Colony Glacier 2024

    Operation Colony Glacier 2024
    07.31.24 | TSgt Donald Hudson | ALCOM
    U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Hayden Berg, Operation Colony Glacier mountaineering team member, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 11th Airborne Division,...
    Operation Colony Glacier 2024

    Operation Colony Glacier 2024
    07.31.24 | TSgt Donald Hudson | ALCOM
    From left, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Christopher Wand, Glacier Mountaineering team non-commissioned officer in charge and pathfinder; Staff Sgt....
    Operation Colony Glacier 2024

    Operation Colony Glacier 2024
    07.31.24 | TSgt Donald Hudson | ALCOM
    U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Hayden Berg, Operation Colony Glacier mountaineering team member, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 11th Airborne Division,...
    Operation Colony Glacier 2024

    Operation Colony Glacier 2024
    07.31.24 | TSgt Donald Hudson | ALCOM
    From left, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Eusebio Phelps II, Operation Colony Glacier mountaineering team member; Staff Sgt. Christopher Wand, Operation...
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    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...
    Dover Supports Operation Colony Glacier 2020

    Dover Supports Operation Colony Glacier 2020
    07.07.20 | TSgt Esteban Esquivel | AFMAO
    DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. – On Nov. 22, 1952, a C-124 Globemaster II departed from McChord Air Force Base, Washington, headed for Elmendorf Air...
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