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  • Weather officer to compete in Antarctic Marathon

    Running a marathon would be enough of a challenge for most people, but an Air Force weather officer here wants to take things to the next level by competing in a marathon in Antarctica. Maj. Michael Mills of the Headquarters Air Force Weather Plans and Requirement Division is running 160 miles a

  • Serving through the season: Staff Sgt. Kyna Davis

    Tracking Santa's progress from the North Pole was not the only job a Kadena Airman had this holiday season. As a weather meteorologist from the 33rd Rescue Squadron, she was tasked to forecast weather patterns and brief squadron members for upcoming missions. Staff Sgt. Kyna Davis has been in the

  • 6th SOPS delivers critical weather data to warfighters

    The motto, "Get data or die" holds special significance for the 6th Space Operations Squadron, an Air Force Reserve Command unit here whose Airmen must deliver data to their customers within 10 minutes of downloading it from their satellites. The squadron's data transforms weather from a force of

  • 7th Weather Squadron airmen get avalanche training in Italy

    Airmen from Detachment 7 of the 7th Weather Squadron traveled here this week to learn about avalanches and gain skills that could be vital if they deploy to Afghanistan or another mountainous battleground. The airmen, who provide meteorological services to the Army at Grafenwöhr, Germany, were part

  • Airmen 'deal' with Mandel, Leno on 'Tonight Show'

    A group of California's Airmen, Soldiers, Marines, Sailors and Coast Guardsmen came together for a special military edition of "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" Nov. 22 at NBC studios here. Mr. Leno invited the servicemembers to fill the studio audience for the show's Thanksgiving edition to honor

  • Shan Shan preparations test Kadena's readiness

    Kadena AB spent most of the week of Sept. 11 in Mission-Oriented Protective Posture gear, preparing for an upcoming Operational Readiness Inspection. The exercise began late Monday evening and was scheduled to continue through the rest of the week. At the same time, exercise evaluators were

  • Sparring with Ernesto

    Always Alert! That is the motto of the 9th Operational Weather Squadron at Shaw AFB, S.C. Along the Atlantic coast they always have an eye on the tropics so that long before a tropical storm slams into the southeastern United States, 9th OWS forecasters are already hard at work preparing for impact.

  • Forecasts are just the beginning

    For Wake Island, the forecast for a fast-approaching Super Typhoon was just the beginning. On Aug. 19, forecasters were watching a fast growing tropical depression in the central Pacific Ocean. The depression quickly grew to tropical storm status and earned the name, Ioke. When it crossed the

  • The storm before the storm

    On Aug. 19, a tropical depression formed in the Central Pacific Ocean. The depression was numbered 01C, and its name eventually designated as Ioke. Although forecast storm development was initially moderate with maximum wind speeds less 115 mph with no hint of impact to Wake Island, this system

  • Aircraft squeeze into hangars; Guam faces off with Tropical Storm Saomai

    Saturday, Aug. 5, started like any other day in Guam. While the people of Guam went about their daily lives; Capt. Paul Lee, 1st. Lt. James Caron, Master Sgt. James Darlow, Tech Sgt. Misty York and Staff Sgt. George Silva, on duty weather personnel at the 36th Operations Support Squadron, were