Crew Survives Frozen Cockpit | Defense News Minute Dec. 28, 2018

AS PART OF OUR LOOK BACK AT 2018, HERE ARE TWO OF OUR MOST READ STORIES THIS YEAR. THE FIRST, FROM JUNE, COVERS HOW THE AIR FORCE IS RAMPING UP INVESTMENTS IN EASTERN EUROPE TO ALLOW IT TO RAPIDLY DEPLOY THERE IF NEEDED TO COUNTER RUSSIA. ANOTHER STORY, FROM FEBRUARY, DETAILED A HARROWING EA-18G GROWLER FLIGHT OVER WASHINGTON STATE WHERE IN A FAILURE OF THE AIRCRAFT'S ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEM, TEMPERATURES IN THE COCKPIT DROPPED TO MINUS THIRTY DEGREES AND THE CANOPY WAS COVERED IN ICE.