Wright-Patt shows off its snow removal equipment

The equipment included 22-foot snowplows, large snow blowers, trucks and tractors.

Christian Wade, Work Leader for WPAFB Civil Engineering, said that a crew of eight people work 12-hour shifts to clear the base’s airfield during poor weather.

With a few inches of snow, fully clearing the runways could take a few days, Wade said.

The Old Farmer’s Almanac previously predicted a cold, snowy winter, while the National Weather Service said this will be a La Niña winter, which tend to be wetter than normal.