File:DEW radar site in Greenland (cropped).JPG

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The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/109th_Airlift_Wing" class="extiw" title="w:109th Airlift Wing">w:109th Airlift Wing</a> (AW) Arctic Aircraft Recovery School (aka "Kool School") members will recover these snow bound equipment pallets. In the background is an abandoned Early Warning Radar Site, part of the former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distant_Early_Warning_Line" class="extiw" title="w:Distant Early Warning Line">DEW (Distant Early Warning) system</a>. The school is located on the ice cap of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland" class="extiw" title="w:Greenland">Greenland</a> just three miles from the abandoned DYE-2 site.
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Location: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangerlussuaq" class="extiw" title="w:Kangerlussuaq">Kangerlussuaq</a>, west Greenland

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current23:53, 12 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 23:53, 12 January 20171,167 × 558 (264 KB)127.0.0.1 (talk)<p>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/109th_Airlift_Wing" class="extiw" title="w:109th Airlift Wing">w:109th Airlift Wing</a> (AW) Arctic Aircraft Recovery School (aka "Kool School") members will recover these snow bound equipment pallets. In the background is an abandoned Early Warning Radar Site, part of the former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distant_Early_Warning_Line" class="extiw" title="w:Distant Early Warning Line">DEW (Distant Early Warning) system</a>. The school is located on the ice cap of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland" class="extiw" title="w:Greenland">Greenland</a> just three miles from the abandoned DYE-2 site.<br> Original photo is </p> <table class="licensetpl" style="display:none"><tr><td> <span class="licensetpl_short">Public domain</span><span class="licensetpl_long">Public domain</span><span class="licensetpl_link_req">false</span><span class="licensetpl_attr_req">false</span> </td></tr></table> <table style="width:100%; clear:both; margin:0.5em auto; background-color:#f7f8ff; border:2px solid #8888aa; direction: ltr; border-spacing: 8px; padding: 0px;" class="layouttemplate mw-content-ltr" lang="en"><tr> <td> <img alt="Public domain" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/64px-PD-icon.svg.png" title="Public domain" width="64" height="64" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/96px-PD-icon.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/128px-PD-icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="196" data-file-height="196"> </td> <td id="imageLicenseText"> <span lang="en" class="description en"><i>This image or file is a work of a <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">U.S. Air Force</a> Airman or employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work_of_the_United_States_Government" class="extiw" title="en:Work of the United States Government">work</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Government_of_the_United_States" class="extiw" title="en:Federal Government of the United States">U.S. federal government</a>, the image or file is in the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/public_domain" class="extiw" title="en:public domain">public domain</a></b> in the United States.</i></span> <hr> <p><span style="font-size:x-small;line-height:140%" class="plainlinks noprint"><a class="external text" href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:PD-USGov-Military-Air_Force/be-tarask">Беларуская (тарашкевіца)‎</a> | <a class="external text" href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:PD-USGov-Military-Air_Force/ca">Català</a> | <a class="external text" href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:PD-USGov-Military-Air_Force/cs">Čeština</a> | <a class="external text" href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:PD-USGov-Military-Air_Force/de">Deutsch</a> | <a class="external text" href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:PD-USGov-Military-Air_Force/en">English</a> | <a class="external text" href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:PD-USGov-Military-Air_Force/es">Español</a> | <a class="external text" href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:PD-USGov-Military-Air_Force/et">Eesti</a> | <a class="external text" href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:PD-USGov-Military-Air_Force/fa">فارسی</a> | <a class="external text" href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:PD-USGov-Military-Air_Force/fi">Suomi</a> | <a class="external text" href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:PD-USGov-Military-Air_Force/fr">Français</a> | <a class="external text" href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:PD-USGov-Military-Air_Force/it">Italiano</a> | <a class="external text" href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:PD-USGov-Military-Air_Force/ja">日本語</a> | <a class="external text" href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:PD-USGov-Military-Air_Force/ko">한국어</a> | <a class="external text" href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:PD-USGov-Military-Air_Force/mk">Македонски</a> | <a class="external text" href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:PD-USGov-Military-Air_Force/ml">മലയാളം</a> | <a class="external text" href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:PD-USGov-Military-Air_Force/nds">Plattdüütsch</a> | <a class="external text" href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:PD-USGov-Military-Air_Force/nl">Nederlands</a> | <a class="external text" href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:PD-USGov-Military-Air_Force/pl">Polski</a> | <a class="external text" href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:PD-USGov-Military-Air_Force/pt">Português</a> | <a class="external text" href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:PD-USGov-Military-Air_Force/ru">Русский</a> | <a class="external text" href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:PD-USGov-Military-Air_Force/sk">Slovenčina</a> | <a class="external text" href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:PD-USGov-Military-Air_Force/sl">Slovenščina</a> | <a class="external text" href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:PD-USGov-Military-Air_Force/sr">Српски / srpski</a> | <a class="external text" href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:PD-USGov-Military-Air_Force/tr">Türkçe</a> | <a class="external text" href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:PD-USGov-Military-Air_Force/vi">Tiếng Việt</a> | <a class="external text" href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:PD-USGov-Military-Air_Force/zh">中文</a> | <a class="external text" href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:PD-USGov-Military-Air_Force/zh-hans">中文（简体）‎</a> | <small class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:PD-USGov-Military-Air_Force/lang&action=edit">+/−</a></small> </span> </p> </td> <td id="imageLicenseIcon"> <div class="floatright"><img alt="Seal of the US Air Force.svg" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Seal_of_the_US_Air_Force.svg/64px-Seal_of_the_US_Air_Force.svg.png" width="64" height="64" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Seal_of_the_US_Air_Force.svg/96px-Seal_of_the_US_Air_Force.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Seal_of_the_US_Air_Force.svg/128px-Seal_of_the_US_Air_Force.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="356" data-file-height="356"></div> </td> </tr></table> <p><b>Location:</b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangerlussuaq" class="extiw" title="w:Kangerlussuaq">Kangerlussuaq</a>, west Greenland </p>
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