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  • Weather squadron Airmen stay fit with 5k run

    What started off as a joke between an instructor and his student led to 18 Airmen from the 15th Operational Weather Squadron running a 5K race March 20 in Lebanon, Ill. Mike Butrovich, 15th OWS instructor and avid runner, had a running joke with Airman 1st Class Tyreese Clark, 15th Operational

  • First Iraqi weather officer's graduate

    The first class of Iraqi air force meteorology officers graduated, March 25, from a formal technical training course in Baghdad taught by U.S. Air Force weather forecasters.The Iraqi Training and Advisory Mission-Air Force have Airmen assigned to teach Iraqi personnel how to create a self sufficient

  • Elmendorf Airmen complete airdrop using 3-D weather technology

    Airmen from Elmendorf Air Force Base completed the first improved container delivery system drop using new 3-D weather technology March 19 over Tin City, Alaska.The new system allows for better drop precision, factors in the altitude, wind speed, wind direction, terrain and other circumstances that

  • Iraq Air Force meteorologists take important first steps

    On March 12 the Iraq Air Force meteorology department made a very important step in becoming a credible and enduring member of the World Meteorology Organization when they issued their first Terminal Aerodrome Forecast since 2003.With Air Force weather trainers and advisors looking on, Iraq Air

  • Reservists support weather reconnaissance mission

    One of the first things Air Force Reserve Command Hurricane Hunter crewmembers learn about their job ― flying airplanes into hurricanes and other storms to collect weather data ― is to downplay fear.Lt. Col. Ty Piercefield, a 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron WC-130J Super Hercules pilot learned

  • Team completes 181-site weather system fielding effort

    Everyone has heard the old saying, "You can't change the weather." However, being able to predict weather conditions is a necessity for warfighters.The now-completed fielding of the Joint Environmental Toolkit (JET), Increment 1, to 181 sites by the 651st Electronic Systems Squadron will ensure

  • Weather officer serves as ops exec in Southwest Asia

    Instead of leading a weather flight where Airmen monitor the atmospheric change, 1st Lt. Tanya M. Casey has stepped outside her specialty to new heights of support for Air Force operations in the deployed environment.By her Air Force specialty, she's a weather officer. However, in Southwest Asia,

  • Iraqi Boy Scouts visit meteorology office

    "On my honor I will do my best to do my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout Law; to help other people at all times; to keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight."This creed is followed by Boy Scouts around the world and is no different here in Iraq.A troop of

  • Weather specialists keep watch over Red Flag airspace

    The sun shines in Las Vegas more than 330 days per year. People say they love the town because they can golf practically year-round. Sometimes, though, the sun just doesn't shine.While that may be a mild inconvenience to the outdoor enthusiasts, weather changes mean something completely different to

  • Forecast calls for blue skies with good chance for relief

    When a 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit Port au Prince, Haiti, on Jan. 12, 2010, the men and women of Air Force Special Operations Command responded - quickly and decisively.Many thoughts were running through their minds, but only two were wondering, "How's the weather?"Captain Dan Santiago and Tech.