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The 3rd Combat Weather Squadron is currently the largest base- or post-level weather unit in the Air Force. The support provided by the squadron is as diverse as its history and that of the Army customers it supports. The squadron maintains a 24-hour observing and forecasting section at
217:, the 3rd Combat Weather Squadron is aligned under the 5th Combat Weather Group (5 CWG). Weather support to Fort Hood began in 1947 at the newly constructed Killeen AFB. Today, the 3rd Combat Weather Squadron—in addition to providing weather support to the 213:), Louisiana, on 24 June 1937, as part of the Signal Corps. The 3rd was one of three original squadrons that eventually transferred from the Signal Corps to the Air Corps. Currently located at 828: 823: 295: 64: 335: 236:
The squadron patch is Walt Disney's Cupid which was sold to the unit for one US dollar during World War II, in efforts to raise troop morale.
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complex—has operating locations at Forts Bliss, Huachuca, Riley, and Sill in Texas, Arizona, Kansas, and Oklahoma, respectively.
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This article contains information that originally came from Military Intelligence Bulletin, in the public domain from
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On 13 December 2003, 4ID combat weather forecasters produced planning and mission execution forecasts for
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There are five Combat Weather Teams (CWTs) that support the following Army units at Fort Cavazos:
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Air Force Weather Agency
United States Air Force
Air Combat Command
Fifteenth Air Force
93rd Air-Ground Operations Wing
3d Air Support Operations Group
Robert Gray Army Airfield
United States Air Force
Barksdale Air Force Base
West Fort Hood
Fort Cavazos
Robert Gray Army Airfield
Yoakum–DeFrenn Army Heliport
III Corps
1st Cavalry Division
4th Infantry Division
Operation Red Dawn
Saddam Hussein
List of United States Air Force weather squadrons
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