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  • Weather team acclimates to mission in southern Baghdad

    Illuminated by the late night moonlight, an Air Force weather forecaster ascended the narrow, rickety staircase leading up to the helipad's plywood control tower at Forward Operating Base Kalsu. Millions of tiny stars spread across the sky above the pitch-black forward operating base, with

  • Offutt volunteer represents Air Force for Spirit of Hope Award

    Air Force Personnel Center officials recently announced a member of the Air Force Weather Agency here as the Air Force nominee for the 2007 U.S. Armed Forces Spirit of Hope Award. Master Sgt. Lou Pell, NCO in charge of the Weather Agency's training branch, was selected as the Air Force

  • Weather squadron covers 42 countries

    With 110 million square miles in its operational region, the 152 Airmen in the 17th Operational Weather Squadron here are responsible for the largest area of responsibility of all the operational weather squadrons in the Air Force. And with 42 countries in the area of responsibility, squadron Airmen

  • Smart Ops squadron earns "Best in Air Force"

    The tyranny of distance in the Pacific Theater doesn't hinder the 152 Airmen who make up the 17th Operational Weather Squadron - in April they were recognized as the Air Force's "Outstanding Operational Weather Squadron" for their accomplishments in 2006, awarding them the distinction of being the

  • Air Force announces 2006 Weather Awards

    Air Force officials have released the 2006 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

  • Agency stands-up two squadrons, creates A-staff structure

    The Headquarters Air Force Weather Agency re-activate one squadron, activate another and officially designate an A-staff structure for lead command functions in a ceremony here today at 9 a.m. in the Bennie Davis Maintenance Facility. The re-structuring of weather operations at the Agency comes at a

  • Observer magazine closes one chapter; Web site opens another

    The November/December 2006 Observer magazine is the final printed issue, capping a 52-year run as the official periodical for Air Force weather professionals. The end of the printed Observer era is not the end of quality news, feature stories and perspectives, it's the start of a modern, high-speed

  • Climatologists help "set the scene" for documentary

    Dr. Patty Lowe, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a producer for Wisconsin public television called the Air Force Combat Climatology Center with an unusual request. "I'm hoping you can give me a sense of the Korean weather conditions just before dawn on Nov. 5, 1950 near the

  • Rain or shine 325th OSS Weather Flight keeps Tyndall advised

    The 325th Operations Support Squadron Weather Flight, in tandem with the 9th Operational Weather Squadron's Bravo Flight from Shaw AFB, S.C., develop weather forecasts for Tyndall AFB, Fla., and its flying operations. The 9th works with the flight, and a lot of high-tech equipment, to issue weather

  • Pakistani Weather Officer Liaison Visits 9th OWS

    The 9th Operational Weather Squadron had a rare opportunity to further international relations when Maj. Muhammad Rehan Ashraf, a member of the Pakistani Air Force visited the squadron in October. Members of the Squadron were more than pleased to host Major Ashraf, a meteorological officer stationed