Yokota Dirt Boyz fights Mother Nature

Member from the 374th Civil Engineer Squadron Horizontal “Dirt Boyz” shop have been performing 24 hours Snow Removal Operation since Feb. 7, 1800hrs. 20 personnel from the shop clean Air Field with SnowPlow vehicles. (U.S. Air Force photo by Osakabe Yasuo/Released)

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Yokota Dirt Boyz fights Mother Nature

A snow-covered C-130 Hercules sits on the flightline at Yokota Air Base, Japan during the strongest snowstorms, Feb. 8, 2014. 12.7 inches of snow fell on base Saturday, breaking the daily record for February. (U.S. Air Force photo by Osakabe Yasuo/Released)

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Yokota Dirt Boyz fights Mother Nature

Member from the 374th Civil Engineer Squadron Horizontal “Dirt Boyz” shop have been performing 24 hours Snow Removal Operation since Feb. 7, 1800hrs. 20 personnel from the shop clean Air Field with SnowPlow vehicles. (U.S. Air Force photo by Osakabe Yasuo/Released)

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Yokota Dirt Boyz fights Mother Nature

A snow-covered C-130 Hercules sits on the flightline at Yokota Air Base, Japan during the strongest snowstorms, Feb. 8, 2014. 12.7 inches of snow fell on base Saturday, breaking the daily record for February. (U.S. Air Force photo by Osakabe Yasuo/Released)

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Yokota Dirt Boyz fights Mother Nature

Plum tree flowers blossom during the worst blizzard to hit at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Feb. 8, 2014. 12.7 inches of snow fell on base Saturday, breaking the daily record for February. (U.S. Air Force photo by Osakabe Yasuo/Released)

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Yokota Dirt Boyz fight Mother Nature

Published Feb. 10, 2014
By Osakabe Yasuo
374th Airlift Wing public affairs

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- The 374th Civil Engineer Squadron Horizontal "Dirt Boyz" shop worked 24-hour operations to clear the base during the worst snowstorm in 47 years.

Yokota Dirt Boyz fights Mother Nature

Yokota Dirt Boyz fights Mother Nature

Yokota Dirt Boyz fights Mother Nature

Yokota Dirt Boyz fights Mother Nature

Yokota Dirt Boyz fights Mother Nature