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Weather Units

  • Det. 1, Learmonth, Australia
  • Det. 2, Sagamore Hill, Mass.
  • Det. 3, Wright-Patterson, Ohio
  • Det. 4, Holloman AFB, N.M.
  • Det. 5, Kaena Point, Hawaii
  • OL-A, Fort G. Meade, Md.
  • OL-B, Camp Springs, Md.
  • OL-K, Norman, Okla.
  • OL-P, Boulder, Colo.
  • OL-S, Shriever, Colo.
  • San Vito Solar Observatory, San Vito, Italy

557th Weather Wing

The mission of the 557th Weather Wing is maximizing America's power through the exploitation of timely, accurate and relevant weather information; anytime, everywhere.

The 557th WW delivers worldwide weather products to Air Force and Army warfighters, unified commands, National Programs and the National Command Authorities. In addition, the wing provides twenty-four hour technical assistance on all standard weather systems and equipment.

Each day, the wing's dedicated men and women build the world's most comprehensive weather database of observation, forecast, climatological, and space weather products available on the World Wide Web.

The wing is focused on developing, evaluating and transitioning new technologies to weather teams around the world.

 

1st Weather Group

The 1st Weather Group aligns stateside weather operations with the Air Force warfighting initiative overseeing Operational Weather Squadrons. Each squadron produces forecasts for a specified area of the United States. The squadrons also serve as training hubs for new weather professionals, both enlisted and officers. The 1st WXG arms our weather professionals with the training and skills necessary to deliver environmental intelligence for commanders and military decision makers.

2nd Weather Group

The 2nd Weather Group delivers timely, relevant and specialized terrestrial, space and climatological global environmental intelligence to Joint warfighters, DoD decision-makers, national agencies, and allied nations for the planning and execution of missions across the complete spectrum of military operations through the operation, sustainment and maintenance of Air Force Weather's $277M strategic center computer complex, production network, and applications. The 2nd WXG is comprised of the 2d Systems Operations Squadron, 2nd Weather Squadron and 16th Weather Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., the 2d Combat Weather Systems Squadron at Hurlburt Field, Fla., and the 14th Weather Squadron in Asheville, N.C. It also includes four solar observatories which fall under the 2nd WS: Det. 1, Learmonth, Australia; Det. 2, Sagamore Hill, Mass.; Det. 4, Holloman AFB, N.M.; and Det. 5, Kaena Point, Hawaii.