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Weather Wing provides solution to Guardians

Airmen from the 2d Combat Weather Systems Squadron use a crane to place equipment required to install a Portable Doppler Radar weather system to assist Guardians with space launch operations at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, Jan. 17 – 21. The PDR was installed to prevent a gap in environmental data coverage while the 45th Weather Squadron’s WSR-88D Radar is down for planned maintenance. (Courtesy Photo)

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25th OWS Bobcats arm joint flying missions with weather intel

(L to R) Senior Airman Angel Maldonado, 2nd Lt. Anthony Charlonis and Senior Airman Rachel Zills, 409th Air Expeditionary Group, take a moment for a photo on the runway at Nigerien Air Base 201 in Agadez, Niger. Maldonado won the 409th AEG Airman of the month for August and Zills was coined by Lt. Gen. Steven Basham, U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa deputy commander, while he was touring the installation and highlighting weather’s strategic importance to Africa. (Courtesy Photo)

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ACC leadership team visits Team Offutt

Gen. Mark Kelly, commander of Air Combat Command, walks alongside Col. Patrick Williams, 557th Weather Wing commander, as they approach the 557th WW headquarters building at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska on July 21, 2021. The 557th WW is comprised of 1,450 personnel in two groups and 12 squadrons spanning 17 globally dispersed locations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ryan Hansen)

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2 CWSS responds to eliminate environmental intelligence gap in U.S. Indo-Pacific Command

A portable Doppler radar is being used as a temporary replacement while the permanent doppler radar is repaired. The radar has a range of approximately 60 nautical miles and will mainly be used for early weather detection for flight line procedures at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Zachary Heal)

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Ground broken for much needed backup generators, which support no fail mission

(L to R) Col. Patrick Williams, 557th Weather Wing commander, and Col. Richard Wagner, Deputy Director of Air Force Weather, who served as the 557th WW vice commander from 2016 - 2019, break ground on June 16, 2021 for a $4.1 million backup generator project at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. The back-up generators will supply up to four megawatts of power, enabling continuous authoritative global predictive environmental awareness to warfighters and a wide spectrum of Department of Defense operations — a no fail 24x7 mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Leticia Cunningham)

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Co-commander picnic for Team 557 was ‘amazing’

Col. Steven Vilpors, 557th Weather Wing vice commander, closed out the 2021 557th WW Annual Picnic by giving thanks to the Co-Commanders for their support and the planning committee for all the hard work to put the event together on June 4, 2021 at the Bellevue Berry Farm in Bellevue, Nebraska. The picnic served a couple of purposes, the first being a morale boost for the COVID-weary Airmen and their families and the second was to give the co-commanders an opportunity to meet and show their appreciation for the members of the 557th Weather Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo by David R. Hopper)

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Co-commander picnic for Team 557 was ‘amazing’

Master Sgt. Bryan Johnson, 1st Weather Group, pitches a bag against Chief Master Sgt. Kevin Paul, 557th Weather Wing command chief, during a game of Cornhole at the 2021 557th Weather Wing Picnic at the Bellevue Berry Farm on June 4, 2021 in Bellevue, Nebraska. The picnic served a couple of purposes, with the first being a morale boost for the COVID-weary Airmen and their families and the second was to give the co-commanders an opportunity to meet and show their appreciation for the members of the 557th Weather Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo by David R. Hopper)

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28th Operational Weather Squadron welcomes new commander

(L to R) Col. Bradley Stebbins, 1st Weather Group commander, presents the 28th Operational Weather Squadron's guidon to Lt. Col. Daniel Muggelberg during an assumption of command ceremony on June 2, 2021, at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina. Lt. Col. Muggelberg comes to the 28th OWS from the 2d Combat Weather Support Squadron at Hurlburt Field, Florida. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Ingold)

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28th Operational Weather Squadron welcomes new commander

Col. Bradley Stebbins, 1st Weather Group commander, addresses patrons at the 28th Operational Weather Squadron during an assumption of command ceremony on June 2, 2021, at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina. Col. Stebbins officiated the ceremony placing Lt. Col. Daniel Muggelberg in charge of the 28th OWS. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Ingold)

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28th Operational Weather Squadron welcomes new commander

Lt. Col. Daniel Muggelberg addresses the 28th Operational Weather Squadron for the first time after assuming command during a ceremony on June 2, 2021, at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina. Muggelberg comes to the 28th OWS from the 2d Combat Weather Support Squadron at Hurlburt Field, Florida. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Ingold)

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Wing leadership receive COVID-19 vaccine

55th Medical Group member administered the COVID-19 Vaccine to Chief Master Sgt. Kevin Paul at the Airman Leadership School on Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska Jan. 11. Paul received the vaccine to help reinforce its safety, calm concerns, and do his part in helping to put an end to the pandemic. (U.S. Air Force photo by William O'Brien)

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Wing leadership receive COVID-19 vaccine

55th Medical Group medical personnel administered the COVID-19 vaccine to Col. Patrick Williams at the Airman Leadership School on Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska Jan. 11. Williams received the vaccine to help reinforce its safety, calm concerns, and do his part in helping to put an end to the pandemic. (U.S. Air Force photo by William O'Brien)

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Wing leadership receive COVID-19 vaccine

The 557th Weather Wing commander and command chief were vaccinated for COVID-19 at the Airman Leadership School on Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska Jan. 11. The leaders decided to receive the vaccine to help reinforce its safety, calm concerns, and do their part in helping to put an end to the pandemic. (U.S. Air Force photo by William O'Brien)

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Two wing members awarded for lifesaving actions

(L to R) Col. Patrick Williams, 557th Weather Wing commander, presents the Air Force Commendation Medal to Tech. Sgt. Alex Brosnahan, 2d Weather Squadron, for saving another service member's life on Aug. 4, 2020 at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. Brosnahan arrived at his exercise location only to find U.S. Navy Lt. j.g. Danny Villarreal unconscious and his wife attempting CPR with the help of a 9-1-1 dispatcher. Brosnahan quicly assessed the situation and began performing chest compressions until the ambulance arrived. (U.S. Air Force photo taken by Charles Haymond)

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Two wing members awarded for lifesaving actions

Daniel Holmes, 2d Weather Squadron Det. 2, located at the Sagamore Hill Solar Observatory in Hamilton, Massachusetts, was presented the Award for Civilian Achievement on Sept. 18, 2020 by Col. Patrick Williams, 557th Weather Wing commander, using a remote connection due to COVID-19 traveling restrictions. Holmes did the Heimlich and saved the life of an Airman who was choking on food on July 21, 2020. (Courtesy Photo)

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1st Weather Group holds change of command

Col. Patrick Williams, 557th Weather Wing commander, officiated the socially-distanced 1st Weather Group change of command ceremony on July 24, 2020 in the Chief Master Sgt. Peter Moore auditorium at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. Williams gave a brief description of Col. Travis Steen, outgoing 1st WXG commander’s accomplishments. He also introduced Col. Bradley Stebbins, incoming 1st WXG commander, and welcomed him and his wife to the 557th WW. (U.S. Air Force photo by Charles Haymond)

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1st Weather Group holds change of command

Col. Travis Steen relinquishes command of the 1st Weather Group on June 24, 2020 in the Chief Master Sgt. Peter Moore auditorium on Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. The ceremony was officiated by Col. Patrick Williams, 557th Weather Wing commander. (U.S. Air Force photo by Charles Haymond)

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1st Weather Group holds change of command

Col. Bradley Stebbins receives the guidon and assumed command of the 1st Weather Group in a socially-distanced ceremony on June 24, 2020 in the Chief Master Sgt. Peter Moore auditorium on Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. The 1st WXG is comprised of six operational weather squadrons providing timely, accurate and relevant weather operations around the clock in support of joint warfighters worldwide. (U.S. Air Force photo by Charles Haymond)

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557th WW hosts change of command

Lt. Gen. Timothy Haugh, Sixteenth Air Force (Air Forces Cyber) commander, salutes Col. Brian Pukall, 557th Weather Wing commander, through a video conference link as he relinquishes command of the wing during a change of command ceremony at the 557th Weather Wing headquarters building, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, June 25, 2020. Pukall’s next assignment will be Chief of Exercises for U.S. Southern Command. (U.S. Air Force photo by Paul Shirk)

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557th WW hosts change of command

Lt. Gen. Timothy Haugh, Sixteenth Air Force (Air Forces Cyber) commander, salutes Col. Patrick Williams through a video conference link as he assumes command of the 557th Weather Wing during a change of command ceremony at the 557th Weather Wing headquarters building, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, June 25, 2020. Prior to taking command, Williams was the 2nd Weather Group commander. (U.S. Air Force photo by Paul Shirk)

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