Rain, Sleet, or Snow the aircraft must go
Senior Airmen Jason Thomas, front, and Joseph Robinson remove snow from the tarmac to clear a path to an F-16 Fighting Falcon for the first official day of Red Flag-Alaska 08-2 April 7 at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. Snow removal vehicles cannot clear snow withing 15 feet of an aircraft so maintainers shovel by hand. They are assigned to the 51st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Osan Air Base, Korea. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Airman 1st Class Jonathan Snyder)