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  • Forecasters look to the skies during Northern Edge

    Northern Edge 2009, the largest military training exercise in Alaska, is underway. The pilots and support personnel involved in the air-centric exercise have many tasks to accomplish but one consistent obstacle, the weather, can always affect the mission. Leading the charge to stay one step ahead of

  • Air Force officials announce 2008 weather awards

    Air Force officials have released the 2008 Air Force Weather Awards. Military recipients of individual or team awards are entitled to wear the Air Force Recognition Ribbon, and civilian recipients of individual and team awards are entitled to wear the Air Force Recognition Lapel Pin. The Air Force

  • Air Force officials announce 2007 weather awards

    Air Force officials have released the 2007 Air Force Weather Awards. Military recipients of individual or team awards are entitled to wear the Air Force Recognition Ribbon, and civilian recipients of individual and team awards are entitled to wear the Air Force Recognition Lapel Pin. The Air Force

  • Weather forecasters give aircrews upper hand

    Despite all the latest advances in aviation technology, weather remains the one factor mission planners can't control. They look forward to clear days and predictable weather knowing high winds, low visibility and rain or snow can make even the most routine missions challenging.This is something

  • The dirt behind Iraq's dust storms

    It gets in the hair, eyes and even the lungs. It piles up quickly on everything in sight, and it can even have an effect on day-to-day operations. The 'it,' is dust, and Iraq is its breeding ground. When conditions are right, or wrong, that dust can become the monster that is known as the dust

  • Expeditionary teaching enables educational excellence

    Students in a meteorology class take their seats here and pull out their homework to turn in to the instructor May 23. Within a few minutes, the instructor enters the classroom wearing a common uniform in a deployed environment: Air Force physical training gear. Maj. Gregory Fox, 332nd Expeditionary

  • Weather flight forecasts ensure mission efficiency

    As the thunder rolls and the lightning strikes in the distance, aircrews at an air base in Southwest Asia stand by eagerly waiting on the seemingly clairvoyant counsel of Airmen in a specialized unit there. Weathermen in the 379th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron Weather Flight here provide

  • Weekly library service strengthens base community

    As storm clouds dominated the Southwest Oklahoma sky April 16, bringing howling winds and pelting rain, clouds and wind also swept through the quiet stacks at the base library. Master Sgt. James Howard, flight chief for the 97th Operations Support Squadron's weather flight, shared two books on

  • Tuskegee Airman of the Week Feb. 16-22

    Staff Sgt. Jeremy Reynolds is the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing's Tuskegee Airman of the Week for Feb. 16-22. Col. John Dolan, 332nd AEW vice commander, presented him with the award on behalf of Brig. Gen. Brian Bishop, 332nd AEW commander, during a ceremony here Feb. 27. "It is an honor for me to

  • Air Force Association award for weather school

    The 335th Training Squadron's weather training flight here has been selected to receive the Air Force Association's Theodore Von Karman Award for 2008. The annual award honors the most outstanding contribution to national defense in the field of science and engineering. It's named for the renowned