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provide communication and information policy, guidance, management, operations, software development, and maintenance of communications and computer systems and services to satisfy the centralized weather support requirements of the DoD and other government agencies. Directs the planning, programming, budgeting, acquisition, and life cycle management for all standard weather systems and computer processing equipment.
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Weather, organized as the Air Weather Service from 1947 to 1993, continued to provide environmental awareness for both the Air Force and the Army. By 1991, Air Weather Service had divested itself of its major field structure and the bulk of Air Force Weather was realigned under the direct
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During the war, the AAF had developed weather reconnaissance units for scouting and route weather observation and reporting, but these units remained under the command of theater commanders or ATC. Once Air
Weather Service became part of ATC, the time was ripe to place a weather reconnaissance unit
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Air Force
Weather endorsed the Information Revolution early in the 1980s with tools that provided state-of-the art computing at the lowest echelons to gather, process, and disseminate weather data. In concert with Air Force communicators, Air Force Weather constructed communications networks that
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The
Strategic Plans, Requirements and Programs Directorate (A5/A8) directs the planning, programming, budgeting, acquisition, and life cycle management for all standard weather systems and computer processing equipment. Equipping the weather force is mainly a function of the A8 directorate. They
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The
Communications Directorate (A6) provides overall direction for the development of doctrine, policies and procedures, as well as professional, technical, and managerial expertise, for communication and information systems, information assurance, and information management for wing. They also
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On 24 July 1942, supervision of Army weather activities within the United States was centralized in the Army Air Forces
Weather Service, headed by the Director of Weather on the Air Staff. However, in 1943 the AAF reorganized to move as many operations out of Washington, D.C., as possible, and
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Weather, Directorate of
Technical Services, Operations Staff, Army Air Forces on 9 Mar 42; the Weather Unit, Assistant Chief Air Staff, Operations Commitments & Requirements (renamed the Weather Division, Assistant Chief Air Staff, Operations Commitments & Requirements on 9 March 1942.
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transferred responsibility for Army weather services to the Office of the Chief of the Air Corps. This responsibility was given to the
Weather Section, Office Chief of Air Corps, which was replaced by the Weather Section, Training & Operations Div, Air Corps on 20 June 41; the Director of
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The
Operations, Training and Evaluation Directorate (A3) delivers technical training for the career field, oversees the development of career field training plans and computer-based tutorials on new equipment, is constructing the first formal AFWWS Technical Training Program, and coordinates
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Building, valued at US$ 26.7 million, is the headquarters for the 557th Wing, with 188,000 sq ft (17,500 m). The three-story building, designed to support 1,100 people, and was scheduled to become fully operational by 2011 as the staff moved in increments.
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enabled weather information to be disseminated around the world in moments. Today, the Air Force
Weather Agency, through its Weather Product Management and Distribution System at Offutt AFB, employs the internet to rapidly disseminate weather data around the globe.
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in Asheville, North Carolina. It also includes four solar observatories staffed by detachments of the 2nd Weather Squadron: Det. 1, Learmonth, Australia; Det. 2, Sagamore Hill, Massachusetts; Det. 4, Holloman AFB, New Mexico; and Det. 5, Palehua, Hawaii.
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With the formation of the United States Air Force in 1947, Air Weather Service assumed the responsibility of worldwide weather reporting and forecasting for both the Air Force and the Army. In 1948, Air Weather Service moved to
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to manage this responsibility. This wing is the direct organizational ancestor of the 557th Weather Wing. By 3 May 1943, Flight Control Command had moved the headquarters of the Weather Wing to
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Air Force Weather Agency and its predecessors have been essentially instrumental in protecting life and property at home as well. Since World War II, Air Force weather personnel have provided
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In July 1945, after the defeat of Germany, but while the war with Japan was still in progress, the AAF Weather Service and the AAF Weather Wing were combined and the wing was redesignated
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under its command. In July 1946, it established the Air Weather Group (Provisional) at Morrison Field, Florida. In October, this group was taken out of provisional status and became the
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The wing's task is to provide weather information to American military forces anytime. It has over 1,800 active-duty, reserve, civilian and contract personnel and is headquartered on
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USAF Environmental Technological Applications Center (later Air Force Combat Climatology Center, Air Force Combat Climatology Squadron), 1 July 1991 – 19 October 2007
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Working with the other national agencies, Air Force Weather has been instrumental in the development of modern meteorological technologies, such as the deployment of
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by operating thirty weather stations of its own in the United States and six more overseas. Because most of the Army stations were operated for the benefit of the
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The 2nd Weather Group, with headquarters at Offutt Air Force Base, delivers terrestrial, space and climatological global weather information to Joint combatants,
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Approved 24 July 1952. Used by The Army Air Forces Weather Service from 8 September 1942 and by the Weather Wing, Flight Control Command from its activation.
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In December 1940, the 4th Weather Squadron was added, providing one weather region for each of the four air districts(after April 1942, numbered air forces).
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The 557th Weather Wing is organized into a headquarters element consisting of staff agencies, two groups, three directorates, and five solar observatories.
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Aircraft is Boeing WB-47E Stratojet, serial 51-2417. Originally a Boeing B-47E-60-BW and later converted to a WB-47. This plane was transferred to the
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coordinate capabilities development conducted by three separate production centers and integrate them into a single Air Force Weather Weapon System.
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In early 1946, the AAF determined to place its technical services under the command of ATC. On 13 March 1946, AAF Weather Service was redesignated
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Jonasson, Jonas A (1955). "Weather and Communications, Chapter 11 The AAF Weather Service". In Craven, Wesley F; Cate, James L (eds.).
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On 29 October 2019, the 557th Weather Wing was transferred to the USAF Air Combat Command's Sixteenth Air Force (Air Forces Cyber).
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and subordinate weather squadrons collect, analyze, and generate a comprehensive weather database of forecast, climatological, and
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67th AAF Base Unit (Weather Qualification and Service Group, later Redeployment and Training Unit), 27 April 1945 – 1 June 1945
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were organized. Each handled a region that was congruent with the area of responsibility of one of the three wings assigned to
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With its early adoption of emerging computing and communications technologies, Air Force Weather was at the fore of the
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Markus, Rita M.; Halbeisen, MSG Nicholas F.; Fuller, John F. (1987). Matthews, James K.; Gustin, Joylyn I. (eds.).
722:. Air Weather Service moved to Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, in 1958, where it remained for nearly four decades.
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66th AAF Base Unit (Weather Technician Unit, later Redeployment and Training Unit), 7 September 1944 – 10 May 1946
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67th AAF Base Unit (Domestic Weather Wing, later Continental Weather Wing), 1 October 1945 – 26 September 1947
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2d Weather Squadron, 3 May 1943 – 7 September 1944, 8 July 1967 – 8 July 1969, 1 August 1975 – 1 January 1976
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74th AAF Base Unit (25th Weather Region, later 102d Weather Group), 7 September 1944 – 26 September 1947
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68th AAF Base Unit (1st Weather Region, later 101st Weather Group), 7 September 1944 – 26 September 1947
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The Air Force designated Air Weather Service a field operating agency and reassigned it to Headquarters
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warning. Air Force Weather participated in the nation's development's severe storm forecasting centers.
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The 557th Weather Wing can trace its heritage to the organization of the Meteorological Service of the
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43d Weather Wing (later 2043d Air Weather Wing, 2143d Air Weather Wing), 1 June 1948 – 8 February 1954
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Air Force Global Weather Central (later Air Force Global Weather Center), 8 July 1969 – 1 July 1972
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71st AAF Base Unit (4th Weather Region, later 104th Weather Group), 7 September 1944 – 3 June 1948
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70th AAF Base Unit (3d Weather Region, later 103d Weather Group), 7 September 1944 – 3 June 1948
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Combat Weather Facility (later Air Force Combat Weather Center), 19 January 1995 – 1 April 2009
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1870:. Vol. VII, Services Around the World. Chicago, Illinois: University of Chicago Press.
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2105th Air Weather Group (later 2058th Air Weather Wing), 1 January 1949 – 8 February 1954
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24th Weather Squadron, 1 November 1943 – 7 September 1944, 30 June 1972 – 1 January 1976
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9th Weather Group (later 9th Weather Reconnaissance Group), 20 April 1952 – 8 July 1965
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7th Weather Wing, 8 October 1965 – 30 June 1972, 1 January 1976 – c. 15 September 1991
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2150th Air Weather Squadron (later 1210th Weather Squadron), 1 July 1960 – 1 May 1963
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4th Weather Wing, 8 August 1959 – 30 June 1972, 1 October 1983 – c. 15 September 1991
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Weather Wing, Flight Control Command (later AAF Weather Wing, AAF Weather Service)
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67th AAF Base Unit (Tuskegee Weather Detachment), 7 September 1944 – 27 April 1945
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2012:. UCAR (The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research) Community Programs
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7th Weather Group (later 2107th Air Weather Group), 1 June 1948 – 20 April 1952
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Units listed twice are not related to the units with the same name and number.
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2d Weather Group, 20 April 1952 – 8 October 1965, 28 February 2007 – present
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59th Weather Wing (later 2059th Air Weather Wing), 1 June 1948 – 1 June 1952
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Military Air Transport Command (later Military Airlift Command), 1 June 1948
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on 12 September 1969. It was declared excess six days later and scrapped.
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This "Air Weather Service" was the name of a function, not an organization.
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73d AAF Base Unit (24th Weather Region), 7 September 1944 – 1 October 1945
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72d AAF Base Unit (Special Projects Unit), 1 October 1945 – 21 April 1947
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72d AAF Base Unit (23d Weather Region), 7 September 1944 – 1 October 1945
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69th AAF Base Unit (2d Weather Region), 7 September 1944 – 1 October 1945
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In April 1991, the Office of the Director of Weather was created on the
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1st Weather Group, 20 April 1952 – 8 October 1956, 3 May 2006 – present
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On 27 March 2015, the Air Force Weather Agency was redesignated as the
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2009:
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308th Reconnaissance Group, Weather, 17 October 1946 – 5 January 1951
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8th Weather Squadron, 3 May 1943 – 1945, June 1952 – 8 February 1954
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1st Air Weather Group (Provisional), 19 July 1946 – 17 October 1946
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in 1993. On 15 Oct. 1997, Air Weather Service was redesignated the
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Air Force Space Forecast Center, 16 October 1991 – 1 October 1994
1669:"Air Force Weather Observer Factsheet, Air Force Weather Agency"
753:. Air Force Weather, as the single agent for all the DoD, began
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1137:, 20 March 1946 – 17 October 1946, 2 April 1951 – 20 April 1953
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responsibility for the AAF Weather Service was transferred to
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1671:. 55th Wing Public Affairs. 8 February 2010. Archived from
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Transfer of weather functions to the operational commands
1696:"Big Changes Forecast for the Air Force Weather Agency"
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5th Weather Wing, 8 October 1965 – c. 15 September 1991
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1st Weather Wing, 8 February 1954 – c. 15 February 1991
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2058th Air Weather Wing (see 2105th Air Weather Group)
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to provide policy and guidance for Air Force Weather.
1813:"557th WW realigns under new information warfare NAF"
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Air Weather Service (later Air Force Weather Agency)
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22d Weather Squadron, December 1943 – 5 February 1946
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standardization and evaluation visits of wing units.
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38th Weather Squadron, 3 October 1949 – 23 June 1951
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37th Weather Squadron, 3 October 1949 – 23 June 1951
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36th Weather Squadron, 3 October 1949 – 23 June 1951
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27th Weather Squadron, 5 June 1945 – 3 November 1945
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12th Weather Squadron, 30 June 1972 – 1 January 1976
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59th Weather Wing, c. December 1945 – 3 October 1947
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and was aligned under the United States Air Force's
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11th Weather Squadron, October 1945 – December 1945
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4th Weather Squadron, 3 May 1943 – 7 September 1944
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1st Weather Squadron, 3 May 1943 – 7 September 1944
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1062:3d Weather Squadron, 3 May 1943 – 7 September 1944
940:3d Weather Wing, 8 February 1954 – c. 16 July 1991
317:, Arizona, handles the Western United States; and
2693:Military units and formations established in 1943
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1453:List of United States Air Force weather squadrons
1089:18th Weather Squadron, October 1945 – August 1946
1086:16th Weather Squadron, 3 May 1943 – December 1945
1077:10th Weather Squadron, October 1945 – 3 July 1946
1022:8th Weather Group, 20 April 1952 – 8 October 1965
1010:4th Weather Group, 20 April 1952 – 8 October 1965
985:Continental Weather Wing (see 67th AAF Base Unit)
937:2d Weather Wing, 8 February 1954 – 1 October 1991
913:Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, 1 December 1948
1520:Military Aircraft Storage and Disposition Center
1046:2107th Air Weather Group (see 7th Weather Group)
961:43d Weather Wing, c. October 1945 – 3 June 1948
949:6th Weather Wing, 8 October 1965 – 1 August 1975
919:Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, 15 October 1997
1993:"National Centers for Environmental Prediction"
1016:7th Weather Group, 20 April 1952 – 18 June 1958
1013:6th Weather Group, 20 April 1952 – 18 June 1958
1007:3d Weather Group, 20 April 1952 – 8 August 1959
979:2059th Air Weather Wing (see 59th Weather Wing)
385:Unless otherwise indicated, units are based at
235:, the national intelligence community, and the
1756:. US Air Force. 16 October 2018. pp. 6–7.
988:Domestic Weather Wing (see 67th AAF Base Unit)
786:and moved to Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska.
673:, assigned to ATC Soon afterwards it moved to
582:was supplementing the weather services of the
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982:2143d Air Weather Wing (see 43d Weather Wing)
973:2043d Air Weather Wing (see 43d Weather Wing)
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2688:Weather wings of the United States Air Force
2575:Air Force Agency for Modeling and Simulation
1961:"Washington DC Volcanic Ash Advisory Center"
1037:104th Weather Group (see 71st AAF Base Unit)
1028:101st Weather Group (see 68th AAF Base Unit)
916:Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, 23 June 1958
160:for 'Choose the Weather for Battle')
53:Weather technician analyzes cloud bases for
1893:Air Weather Service: Our Heritage 1937-1987
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1546:After September 1947, Air Force Base Units.
1034:103d Weather Group (see 70th AAF Base Unit)
1031:102d Weather Group (see 74th AAF Base Unit)
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115:Weather observation, reporting and analysis
2658:National Air and Space Intelligence Center
2625:Air Force Office of Special Investigations
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731:administration of the supported commands.
2698:Military units and formations in Nebraska
1571:"AFWA redesignated as 557th Weather Wing"
1389:Air Force Organizational Excellence Award
1371:Air Force Organizational Excellence Award
1353:Air Force Organizational Excellence Award
1335:Air Force Organizational Excellence Award
1317:Air Force Organizational Excellence Award
1299:Air Force Organizational Excellence Award
1281:Air Force Organizational Excellence Award
1262:Air Force Organizational Excellence Award
169:Air Force Organizational Excellence Award
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901:Washington, DC (Pentagon), 14 April 1943
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907:Langley Field, Virginia, 7 January 1946
1899:. Scott AFB, IL: Air Weather Service.
1817:Sixteenth Air Force (Air Forces Cyber)
1626:. Air Force Historical Research Agency
910:Gravelly Point, Virginia, 14 June 1946
280:Weather Research and Forecasting model
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2620:Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations
2075:Air Force Combat Climatatology Center
1995:. NOAA & National Weather Service
1979:. NOAA & National Weather Service
1963:. NOAA & National Weather Service
1946:. NOAA & National Weather Service
1929:. NOAA & National Weather Service
1569:Blake, SSG Rachelle (30 March 2015).
904:Asheville, North Carolina, 3 May 1943
463:2nd Combat Weather Systems Squadron (
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2595:Air Force Historical Research Agency
1802:Assignments through 2015 in Haulman.
1434:American Theater without inscription
1113:, 1 November 1943 – 7 September 1944
1104:, 1 November 1943 – 7 September 1944
873:Air Transport Command, 13 March 1946
864:Flight Control Command 14 April 1943
815:Weather Wing, Flight Control Command
629:Weather Wing, Flight Control Command
627:, which organized and activated the
2653:Air National Guard Readiness Center
1956:(Weather watches and storm reports)
1868:The Army Air Forces in World War II
1573:. Air Combat Command Public Affairs
958:, 8 October 1965 – 1 September 1975
2615:Air Force Medical Readiness Agency
2610:Air Force Manpower Analysis Agency
2517:Det 1, Det 2, Det 4, Det 5, 2015th
1747:"557th Weather Wing – Flight Plan"
1624:"Factsheet 557 Weather Wing (ACC)"
1622:Haulman, Daniel L. (9 June 2015).
1338:1 September 1996–30 September 1998
1302:1 September 1993–30 September 1995
648:Army Airways Communications System
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2605:Air Force Legal Operations Agency
2590:Air Force Flight Standards Agency
1977:"Space Weather Prediction Center"
1524:Baugher, Joe (8 September 2023).
494:San Vito dei Normanni Air Station
447:28th Operational Weather Squadron
437:26th Operational Weather Squadron
427:25th Operational Weather Squadron
417:21st Operational Weather Squadron
407:17th Operational Weather Squadron
401:15th Operational Weather Squadron
319:26th Operational Weather Squadron
311:25th Operational Weather Squadron
303:15th Operational Weather Squadron
223:center. It reports environmental
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2085:Air Force Global Weather Central
1593:"557th Weather Wing Fact Sheets"
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1392:1 October 2001–30 September 2003
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1374:1 October 1999–30 September 2001
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1356:1 October 1998–30 September 1999
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885:Twelfth Air Force, 17 March 2015
403:(Scott Air Force Base, Illinois)
227:worldwide to the Air Force, the
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2638:Air Force Public Affairs Agency
2080:Air Force Combat Weather Center
1320:1 October 1995–0 September 1996
1143:, 20 March 1946 – 1 August 1947
1122:, 5 June 1945 – 9 November 1945
1074:, 3 May 1943 – 7 September 1944
956:9th Weather Reconnaissance Wing
831:Army Air Forces Weather Service
718:, which was later redesignated
574:, which was established during
572:United States Army Signal Corps
508:Kaena Point Space Force Station
487:Sagamore Hill Solar Observatory
470:2nd Systems Operations Squadron
338:2nd Systems Operations Squadron
2643:Air Force Review Boards Agency
2585:Air Force Cost Analysis Agency
1793:Jonasson, pp. 322–323, 332–333
817:on 14 April 1943 and activated
716:Military Air Transport Service
612:General Headquarters Air Force
598:Within the United States, the
411:Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam
71:(81 years, 5 months)
1:
2227:920th Weather Reconnaissance
2090:Joint Typhoon Warning Center
1437:14 April 1943 – 2 March 1946
1159:59th Reconnaissance Squadron
1153:57th Reconnaissance Squadron
1147:55th Reconnaissance Squadron
1141:54th Reconnaissance Squadron
824:Army Air Forces Weather Wing
584:United States Weather Bureau
543:2nd Weather Support Squadron
431:Davis–Monthan Air Force Base
315:Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
276:numerical weather prediction
2600:Air Force Inspection Agency
1939:(Aviation maps and weather)
1402:2000 Air Force Association
1155:, 21 February – 21 May 1951
1135:53d Reconnaissance Squadron
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2633:Air Force Personnel Center
2629:Air Force Operations Group
2222:9th Weather Reconnaissance
2005:(links to center websites)
1526:"1951 USAF Serial Numbers"
1284:1 May 1986 – 30 April 1988
1266:1 May 1984 – 30 April 1986
1169:Army Air Forces Base Units
699:308th Reconnaissance Group
663:Air Communications Service
549:(Federal Climate Complex,
239:. It is headquartered at
233:Unified Combatant Commands
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1944:"Storm Prediction Center"
1927:"Aviation Weather Center"
1395:Air Force Weather Agency
1377:Air Force Weather Agency
1359:Air Force Weather Agency
1095:, July 1945 – August 1946
633:Asheville, North Carolina
522:Joint Base Langley–Eustis
515:Peterson Space Force Base
195:557th Weather Wing emblem
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2564:Field Operating Agencies
845:Air Force Weather Agency
784:Air Force Weather Agency
736:hurricane reconnaissance
720:Military Airlift Command
441:Barksdale Air Force Base
323:Barksdale Air Force Base
185:Col. Bradley J. Stebbins
153:Coelum Ad Proelium Elige
2648:Air Force Safety Center
2561:United States Air Force
880:United States Air Force
780:United States Air Force
501:Holloman Air Force Base
219:formation and its lead
217:United States Air Force
106:United States Air Force
69:13 April 1943 – present
2580:Air Force Audit Agency
2376:2nd Systems Operations
2056:U.S. Air Force Weather
1766:Jonasson, pp. 313, 316
712:Andrews Air Force Base
693:
681:Weather reconnaissance
625:Flight Control Command
590:, on 1 July 1937, the
534:Operating Location P (
529:Keesler Air Force Base
527:Operating Location D (
520:Operating Location B (
513:Operating Location A (
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278:software, such as the
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1775:Jonasson. pp. 319–320
1458:Thomas Samuel Moorman
1120:28th Weather Squadron
1111:25th Weather Squadron
1093:19th Weather Squadron
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307:Scott Air Force Base
237:Secretary of Defense
221:military meteorology
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2070:Air Weather Service
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1404:Theodore Von Karman
889:Sixteenth Air Force
838:Air Weather Service
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640:AAF Weather Service
480:RAAF Base Learmonth
451:Shaw Air Force Base
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35:557th Weather Wing
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