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200629-F-LU725-0521

Airmen of the 3rd Airlift Squadron and 736th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron pose for a photo at the conclusion of Operation Colony Glacier June 29, 2020, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. The crew flew from Dover AFB to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, to return remains found during Operation Colony Glacier 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Esteban Esquivel)

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200625-F-LU725-0017

Staff Sgt. Jamal Miqbel, 3rd Airlift Squadron loadmaster, guides a K-loader carrying two empty transfer cases from Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations which will be loaded into the back of a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft during Operation Colony Glacier, June 25, 2020, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. Empty transfer cases were flown from Dover to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson where they were used in the recovery of remains from a 1952 plane crash in southern Alaska. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Esteban Esquivel)

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200625-F-LU725-0039

Staff Sgt. Jonathan Enriquez Colin secures empty transfer cases aboard a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft in preparation for Operation Colony Glacier, June 25, 2020, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. As part of the recovery effort of remains from a 1952 aircraft crash in southern Alaska, transfer cases were flown to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. Upon return to Dover, the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System begins the process of identifying any remains. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Esteban Esquivel)

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200626-F-LU725-0185

A carry team from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, transfers the remains of servicemembers recovered during Operation Colony Glacier 2020 to a Dover Air Force Base C-17 Globemaster III at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, June 29, 2020. The crew from Dover flew to JBER to bring back remains recovered during Operation Colony Glacier 2020. Operation Colony Glacier is a recovery effort of remains, personal effects, and aircraft wreckage from the crash of a C-124 Globemaster in 1952 on Colony Glacier in southern Alaska. This is the first time an Air Mobility Command aircraft has supported this mission. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. Esteban Esquivel)

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200629-F-LU725-0235

From the left, Tech. Sgt. William Jenkins and Staff Sgt. Jamal Miqbel, 3rd Airlift Squadron loadmasters, secure two transfer cases from Operation Colony Glacier at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, June 29, 2020. A C-17 Globemaster III crew from Dover Air Force Base flew to JBER to bring back remains recovered during Operation Colony Glacier 2020. Operation Colony Glacier is a recovery effort of remains, personal effects, and aircraft wreckage from the crash of a C-124 Globemaster in 1952 on Colony Glacier. This is the first time an Air Mobility Command aircraft has supported this mission. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. Esteban Esquivel)

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200629-F-LU725-0247

A 436th Airlift Wing C-17 Globemaster III aircraft waits on the flight line prior to takeoff during Operation Colony Glacier June 29, 2020, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. A crew from Dover Air Force Base flew to JBER to return remains found during Operation Colony Glacier 2020, a recovery effort of remains, personal effects and aircraft wreckage from a 1952 C-124 Globemaster II aircraft crash on Mount Gannett’s Colony Glacier, in Alaska’s Chugach Range. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Esteban Esquivel)

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200629-F-LU725-0270

A transfer case awaits transport on a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska during Operation Colony Glacier, June 29, 2020. Operation Colony Glacier is a recovery effort of remains, personal effects, and aircraft wreckage from a C-124 Globemaster II crash in 1952 on Colony Glacier. This is the first time an Air Mobility Command aircraft has supported this mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Esteban Esquivel)

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200629-F-LU725-0339

Capt. Josh Short, 3rd Airlift Squadron C-17 Globemaster III pilot, runs through preflight checks during Operation Colony Glacier, June 29, 2020, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. A C-17 Globemaster III and crew from Dover Air Force Base flew to JBER to return remains found during Operation Colony Glacier 2020, a recovery effort of remains, personal effects and aircraft wreckage from a C-124 Globemaster II aircraft crash in 1952 on Colony Glacier. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Esteban Esquivel)

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