Rhein Main Air Force Base, Frankfurt, Germany - Repair and maintenance of a airlift planes continues uninterrupted during
periods of adverse weather. Here, a line engineering unit is shown in the fore ground, with a C-54
(left center) getting repairs
in a winterized nose dock..
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Airmen at Rhein Main Air Force Base, Germany, spray Berlin airlift planes with a de-icing chemical sprayed under high pressure. The
spraying equipment, available at all terminals where U.S. Air Force planes are based, removes ice coating from Berlin-bound aircraft and at the same time covers flight surface with the anti-icing liquid which is effective for nine hours. Used effectively during the war, a spray unit can de-ice a Skymaster C-54 within four minutes.
