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When the military needs snow, it goes to Florida

September 24, 2015 | Staff Reporters

Eglin Air Force Base, Fl. (AP) — Dressed in winter parkas, boots and gloves, engineers for Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company used trucks equipped with special sensors, computers and weights as they drove wide circles through a snow-packed field in 10-degree weather on a recent afternoon.

In this Sept. 1, 2015, photo, Goodyear technicians drive trucks outfitted with standard reference test tires in snowy conditions inside the McKinley Climatic Lab on Eglin Air Force Base in Fort Walton Beach, Fla. The McKinley Climate Lab can simulate almost any weather condition, from temperatures of -60 to 160 degrees.

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