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)

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Rain, Sleet, or Snow the aircraft must go

A snow removal vehicle clears a path on the tarmac for aircraft to taxi for the first official day of Red Flag-Alaska 08-2 April 7 at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. Red Flag-Alaska provides training for deployed maintenance and support personnel in sustainment of a large-force deployed air operation. He is assigned to the Royal Australian Air Force. The aircraft are assigned to the 36th Fighter Squadron of Osan Air Base, Korea. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Airman 1st Class Jonathan Snyder)

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Rain, Sleet, or Snow the aircraft must go

A maintainer with the 51st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron removes 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. He is assigned to the Osan Air Base, Korea. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Airman 1st Class Jonathan Snyder)

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Capt. Patrick Lysaght, 36th Fighter Squadron F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot, provides a hand gesture from the cockpit to Airman 1st Class Jeffery Jones, 51st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, signaling he is prepared to marshaled out onto the flightline to start the training sortie over the Pacific Alaska Range Complex, April 7. Red Flag-Alaska is a series of Pacific Air Forces field training exercises for U.S. Forces and allies that provide joint offensive counter-air, indirection, close air support, and large force employment training in a simulated combat environment. (U.S Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Eric T. Sheler)

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Red Flag Alaska 08-2

EIELSON AFB, Alaska -- Osan crew chiefs perform a pre-flight inspection on an F-16 Fighting Falcon during Red Flag-Alaska 08-2 April 8 here. Each RED FLAG-Alaska exercise is a multi-service, multi-platform coordinated, combat operations exercise and corresponds to the designed operational capability of participating units. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Tia Schroeder)

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RED FLAG-Alaska

Staff Sgt. Toni Sanchez (center) directs Staff Sgt. Marty Shorter (right) to slowly back up the bomb loader vehicle to transport an AIM-120 missile to an F-16 Fighting Falcon as Staff Sgt. Kenny Williams (left) searches for the correct tools to install the AIM-120 onto the F-16 April 9, 2008, during pre-flight preparations for RED FLAG-Alaska 08-02 exercise are here at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. The sergeants are from the 36th Fighter Squadron, Osan Air Base Korea. RED FLAG-Alaska is a series of Pacific Air Forces field training exercises for U.S forces and allies of the U.S that provide joint offensive counter-air, interdiction, close air support, and large forces employment training in a simulated combat environment. (U.S Air Force Photo by Tech Sgt. Eric T. Sheler)

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RED FLAG-Alaska

Senior Airman Joseph Robinson, a fuels apprentice assigned to the 36th Logistics Readiness Squadron, Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, stands in below freezing temperatures on the Eielson Air Force Base flight line April 9, 2008, during pre-flight preparations for RED FLAG-Alaska 08-2. Exercise RF-A is a series of Pacific Air Forces field training exercises for U.S. forces and allies that provide joint offensive counter-air, close air support and large forces employment training in a simulated combat environment. (U.S Air Force Photo by Tech Sgt. Eric T. Sheler)

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RED FLAG-Alaska

Senior Airmen Austin Harding (left), Joshua Melching and Joseph Robinson stand in below freezing temperatures on the Eielson Air Force Base flight line April 9, 2008 performing pre-flight checks for an F-16 Fighting Falcon prior to launch for RED FLAG-Alaska 08-2. The Senior Airmen are from Osan Air Base, Korea. RED FLAG-Alaska is a series of Pacific Air Forces field training exercises for U.S. forces and allies that provide joint offensive counter-air, close air support and large forces employment training in a simulated combat environment. (U.S Air Force Photo by Tech Sgt. Eric T. Sheler)

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Osan participates in Red Flag-Alaska 08-2

Ten F-16 fighting falcons sit on the tarmac late into the evening April 1 at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. Over the past few days aircraft have been gathering together for the up coming Red Flag-Alaska 08-2. These aircraft are assigned to the 36th Fighter Squadron, Osan Air base, Korea. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Airman 1st Class Jonathan Snyder)

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Osan Airmen, aircraft participate in Red Flag-Alaska

Published April 12, 2008

Rain, Sleet, or Snow the aircraft must go

Rain, Sleet, or Snow the aircraft must go

Rain, Sleet, or Snow the aircraft must go

Red Flag Alaska 08-2

RED FLAG-Alaska

RED FLAG-Alaska

RED FLAG-Alaska

Osan participates in Red Flag-Alaska 08-2