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  • Co-commander picnic for Team 557 was ‘amazing’

    As members of the 557th Weather Wing have started to return to the office after a tough battle with the pandemic, they were treated to a picnic on June 4 at the Bellevue Berry Farm in Bellevue.The picnic served a couple of purposes, with the first being a morale boost for the COVID-weary Airmen and

  • 28th Operational Weather Squadron welcomes new commander

    Lt. Col. Daniel Muggelberg took command of the 28th Operational Weather Squadron during an assumption of command 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.“The 28th OWS has

  • Wing leadership receive COVID-19 vaccine

    The 557th Weather Wing commander and command chief were vaccinated for COVID-19 at the Airman Leadership School here Jan. 11.The vaccinations are part of a phased plan the 55th Medical Group COVID Cell began administering to Team Offutt on Jan. 6.Offutt AFB received the vaccine as part of Operation

  • Global Synthetic Weather Radar – teaching the machine to read

    This is the second in a three-part series covering the innovative work by 557th Weather Wing Airmen for the ongoing development efforts into machine-learning for a weather radar depiction across the globe, designated the Global Synthetic Weather Radar (GSWR).Early civilizations began using

  • 17th OWS member receives U.S. Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award

    On July 24, 2020, Matthew Kucas, a member of the 17th Operational Weather Squadron assigned to the U.S. Air Force / U.S. Navy Joint Typhoon Warning Center in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, was awarded the U.S. Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award for his innovative work on a two-week tropical cyclone

  • Weather specialists forecast mission success

    In the 621st Contingency Response Wing, weather specialists play a critical role in executing the mission safeguarding personnel and property, and updating squadron and contingency response element leaders to affect plans.

  • Intelligence beyond the storm

    As two tropical storms threaten Department of Defense installations along the northern Gulf of Mexico, the 557th Weather Wing uses innovative methods to collect, analyze and exploit weather intelligence.The intelligence is then distributed to decision makers in the vulnerable areas to minimize

  • Machine Learning Opportunity for Global Weather Radar

    This is the first of a three-part series covering the innovative work by 557th Weather Wing for ongoing development efforts to leverage machine learning for a weather radar depiction across the globe, designated the Global Synthetic Weather Radar.Research and development on the GSWR started when

  • 1st Weather Group holds change of command

    The 1st Weather Group welcomed a new commander during a socially-distanced ceremony July 24, 2020, in the Chief Master Sgt. Peter Moore auditorium.As part of the ceremony, Col. Travis Steen relinquished command of the 1st WXG and Col. Bradley Stebbins assumed command.The ceremony was officiated by

  • 557th WW hosts change of command

    The 557th Weather Wing held a change of command ceremony at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, June 25, 2020.Col. Brian Pukall transferred command to Col. Patrick Williams in a ceremony presided by Lt. Gen. Timothy Haugh, Sixteenth Air Force (Air Forces Cyber) commander.