Weather forecasters provide support in Kosovo

When some people want to start a conversation with a stranger or someone they have not seen for a while, they may ask the long-standing question, "What do you think of the weather?" As weather forecasters, a small group of Airmen deployed to Camp Bondsteel in Kosovo take the question one step

AFWA monitors record solar flare

A large group of sunspots is being tracked by Air Force Weather Agency space weather technicians here. Over the next few days, weather technicians are forecasting moderate to extreme solar flares resulting in possible geomagnetic storms. Heightened solar activity creates peaks in solar emissions

AFWA NCO wins award

If you ask him, he owes everything to everyone. If you ask him, he is just proud to serve in the United States Air Force. If you ask him, he is just another average Airman. But if you've had the pleasure to meet him he is anything but average . He is Staff Sgt. Jay Sablan, Air Force Weather Agency

Airman saves children from drowning

An Airman here was expecting to have some fun in the sun on a weekend trip to the beach during a recent trip. He was not expecting to save children from drowning. Staff Sgt. Jozsef Nagy, an Internet services technician with the Air Force Weather Agency, was attending a network management training

First enlisted AFW specialist selected for master's program

It is not everyday that an Air Force Weather member gets to make history. But the truth is, being selected to attend the Air Force Institute of Technology Graduate School of Engineering and Management as an enlisted member of weather was unheard of-until now. Master Sgt. Robert Steenburgh, 3rd

Academy Airman

It started with a standard briefing. A briefing most new enlisted members arriving at their first duty station receive at First Term Airmen Centers across the Air Force. It ended with acceptance to one of the premier universities in the nation . the U.S. Air Force Academy. When Airman 1st Class Chad

"Old Glory" still glorious

The National flag flying over Wilson Alternative Middle School, Omaha, Neb. barely caught the breeze as it hung lifeless over the school with frayed edges and stripes of faded red and greying white. A group of Air Force Weather Agency airmen, and mentors for the students, noticed the worn and

A Hero Among Us

Capt. Jose Harris joined an honored group of U.S. servicemen and women when he was presented the Purple Heart for injuries he received while supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. The captain who was serving in Mosul, Iraq, as the 332nd Expeditionary Operations Group, Detachment 1, Weather Flight

Dog gone good deed

Kara Bramhill, 13 and her sister Kristen, 11, along with their friend, Arti presented Cass County with a check for $1980.00 15 June to purchase protective vests for their city and county canine officers, Ago and Reno. "It took a long time to raise the money, but it's a great feeling to know we did,"

Dirty Dusting