One of my bffs was in the Air Force, a trumpet player in one of the AF bands. He played all over, Europe, Japan, etc. Glam, right? But the Great Equalizer; they flew “space available” on freezing cargo planes. And their home base when not performing was on ICELAND. Bwaaaaa-haaaa-haaa-haa-ha!
I flew back from Thailand on a C-141. The first place we landed was Fairbanks Alaska. I’m in jungle fatigues and the bus had ice on the sides.. It was really cold...