Photos by Senior Airman Chris Willis 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
Staff Sgt. Robert McGraw, 86th Vehicle Readiness Squadron special purpose snow team member, performs a quality control inspection during a snow fleet rebuild Sept. 17 on Ramstein. Airmen from the 86th VRS are responsible for maintaining all snow removal equipment, allowing the mission to continue during inclement weather.
Recent dips in temperatures are a good indication that snow and ice are on the way.
The 86th Vehicle Readiness Squadron special purpose snow team is a 14-man team that has five months to repair 35 vehicles before the winter.
A two-man team is assigned to each vehicle and the repairs take, on average, 60 hours per vehicle.
Rebuilds consist of vehicle repairs to aircraft deicers, snow brooms, snow plows and salt spreaders. Repairs began May 1 and continue until Sept. 30.
Staff Sgt. Robert McGraw, 86th Vehicle Readiness Squadron special purpose snow team member, performs a quality control inspection during a snow fleet rebuild.
Airman 1st Class Travis Rutherford, 86th Vehicle Readiness Squadron special purpose snow team member, rebuilds a hydraulic motor off of an extended reach deicer Sept. 17 on Ramstein.
Airman 1st Class Ryan Haney, 86th Vehicle Readiness Squadron special purpose snow team member, pours hydraulic oil to top off a runway plow during a snow fleet rebuild.
Airmen 1st Class Manuel Marquez and Casey Kennedy, 86th Vehicle Readiness Squadron special purpose snow team members, perform repairs and upgrades to a deicer.
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