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  • 17th Operational Weather Squadron

    The 17th Operational Weather Squadron (OWS) is located at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. The 17 OWS Fighting Geckos are a diverse team of US Air Force Weather, Cyber, and Support Airmen that are equipped and empowered to shape the Information Warfare (IW) landscape in support of USINDOPACOM

  • Fixed Base Weather Observation System – AN/FMQ-23

    The AN/FMQ-23 is an integrated system of weather sensors that measure, collect, and disseminate meteorological data to help meteorologists, pilots, and flight dispatchers prepare and monitor weather forecasts, plan flight routes and provide necessary information for safe takeoffs and landings...

  • 2d Systems Operations Squadron, High Performance Computing Center

    Air Force’s $322M strategic weather high performance computing center delivers authoritative environmental intelligence to decision makers across the spectrum of global operations. As the Air Force’s largest Special Purpose Processing Node, the computing center is the linchpin force enabler for U.S.

  • Portable Doppler Radar – AN/TMS-2

    The Portable Doppler Rader, AN/TMS-2 model E700XD, provides real time Doppler weather products with pinpoint accuracy. The system is compact, lightweight, and portable. These attributes allow the system to be easily installed and provide precise weather radar data in areas critical for supporting

  • Fixed Base Weather Observation System – AN/FMQ-22

    The AN/FMQ-22 is an integrated system of weather sensors that measure, collect, and disseminate meteorological data to help meteorologists, pilots, and flight dispatchers prepare and monitor weather forecasts, plan flight routes, and provide real-time atmospheric information at missile alert

  • Joint Environmental Toolkit

    The Joint Environmental Toolkit meets Air Force and Army needs for weather forecast generation, meteorological watch, and observation management with increased accuracy and decreased latency as compared to legacy systems. JET substantially enhances battlespace awareness by ensuring accurate weather

  • Automatic Meteorological Station – AN/FMQ-19

    The AN/FMQ-19 is an integrated system of weather sensors that measure, collect, and disseminate meteorological data to help meteorologists, pilots, and flight dispatchers prepare and monitor weather forecasts, plan flight routes, and provide necessary information for safe takeoffs and landings...

  • 2d Weather Support Squadron

    The 2d Weather Support Squadron provides persistent and proactive Defensive Cyber Operations (DCO) in the Weather Enterprises Mission Relevant Terrain - Cyber (MRT-C) to assure Trans-regional, Multifunctional, Multi-domain capabilities, mitigating cyber threats across the competition continuum.

  • 2d Combat Weather Systems Squadron

    The 2d Combat Weather Systems Squadron (2 CWSS) consists of 64 geographically separated military and civilian professionals. Two flights located at Hurlburt Field are functionally aligned with three distinct mission sets; Fixed-based and Tactical Weather Systems Test and Evaluation, Environmental

  • 2d Weather Squadron, Solar Observing Optical Network

    The Air Force has employed a global network of ground-based solar optical observatories known as SOON (the Solar Observing Optical Network) To monitor the sun for flare and sunspot activity that may affect Department of Defense systems. The Solar Observing Optical Network (SOON) provides the only