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  • Weather team vital to keeping Army aircraft flying in Iraq

    Adrift in a sea of black-and-white maps and radar images that litter the office hangs a photo of a beautiful beach with crystal-blue water and palm trees gently swaying in the breeze. This depiction of perfect weather seems oddly out of place for a weather office in a country where the weather is

  • AFWA dedicates new headquarters facility

    With clear blue skies overhead and the sun reflecting beautifully off its windows, members of the Air Force Weather Agency officially dedicated their new $30-million headquarters building during a ribbon cutting ceremony here Aug. 22. The new building was dedicated to Lt. Gen. Thomas S. Moorman and

  • Two weather squadrons become one

    A group of Airmen gathered at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska, to mark the end of one era, and the beginning of another. The inactivation of the 11th Operational Weather Squadron, June 13, 2008, marks the completion of the merger of the 11th OWS and 17th OWS, at Hickam AFB, Hawaii. The 17th OWS is now the

  • Air Force going "Green and Clean"

    Alternative fuels, energy conservation and environmental compliance issues were just a few of the topics covered during "The Air Force Goes Green and Clean" environmental symposium held here Aug. 14. Air Force senior environmental leaders, academic professionals, architects, business leaders and

  • Weather agency provides edge to warfighters

    Today's warfighters are constantly looking for any combat advantage that they can gain on their enemies. One factor that can be the difference between a failed mission and a successful one is the weather. Bad weather can disable a Global Positioning System unit or cause low visibility for an

  • It's a 'shamal world' for combat weather Airmen

    Some Airmen here have jobs to predict the future. They don't predict winning lottery numbers or the location of a special someone; combat weather forecasters predict something more precious to flight operations than money or love -- they predict the weather. Ten Airmen assigned to the 332nd

  • AFWA welcomes new commander

    The Air Force Weather Agency here held a change of command ceremony March 26, at its new headquarters building, ushering in the reign of Col. John Murphy who arrived following a 13-month tour in Southwest Asia. Murphy, who served as director of staff to the Combined Forces Air Component, U.S.

  • Training sharpens weather flight skills

    During a recent runway construction project, members of the 78th Operations Support Squadron weather flight refreshed skills in various training areas during a two-week airfield closure. In taking advantage of the closure, mission services NCO in Charge Tech. Sgt. Deidra Balmer organized nearly two