Cold start

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – Airman 1st Class Cody Snodgrass, 46th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, waits for an F-16’s engine to fire up before it taxis to the runway. Northwest Florida was hit by a massive cold front sending temperatures plummeting below freezing. Despite the cold, the maintainers must prepare the jets and get them in the air. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Anthony Jennings)

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Checks

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. –Airman 1st Class Travis Young, 46th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, checks an F-16’s landing gear before it taxis to the runway. Northwest Florida was hit by a massive cold front sending temperatures plummeting well below freezing. Despite the cold, the maintainers must prepare the jets and get them in the air. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Anthony Jennings)

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Cold start

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Airman 1st Class Travis Young, 46th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, observes an F-16’s engine fire up before it taxis to the runway. Northwest Florida was hit by a massive cold front sending temperatures plummeting well below freezing. Despite the cold, the maintainers must prepare the jets and get them in the air. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Anthony Jennings)

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Waiting for the heat

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – Airman 1st Class Cody Snodgrass and Travis Young, 46th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, talk while waiting for an F-16’s engine to fire up Jan. 5. Northwest Florida was hit by a massive cold front sending temperatures plummeting well below freezing. Despite the cold, the maintainers must prepare the jets and get them in the air. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Anthony Jennings)

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Chilly conversation

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Airman 1st Class Travis Young, 46th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, begins communicating with the pilot of an F-16 before it taxis to the runway. Northwest Florida was hit by a massive cold front sending temperatures plummeting well below freezing. Despite the cold, the maintainers must prepare the jets and get them in the air. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Anthony Jennings)

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Cleared hot

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Airman 1st Class Travis Young, 46th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, signals an F-16 off as it taxis to the runway. Northwest Florida was hit by a massive cold front sending temperatures plummeting well below freezing. Despite the cold, the maintainers must prepare the jets and get them in the air. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Anthony Jennings)

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Maintainers endure weather to put aircraft in air

Published Jan. 6, 2010

Cold start

Checks

Cold start

Waiting for the heat

Chilly conversation

Cleared hot