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Default Air Force Logo Weather forecaster's work is never complete
Before the duty day begins, organizations around Warren call on the support of one of the silent watchers -- the weather forecaster. The 90th Operation Support Squadron Weather Flight supplies the base and 153rd Airlift Wing with valuable weather forecasts for operations. "A typical day starts at 4 a.m.," said Tech. Sgt. Aaron Wesson, 90th OSS. "We
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2008
Default Air Force Logo Saving lives: Tornado tests weather team
Cannon Air Force Base sits on the high plains of eastern New Mexico, a scant 15 miles from Texas, and on the cusp of "tornado alley." This narrow buffer saved Cannon from damage on March 23, as EF-2 tornadoes ripped through nearby Clovis, N.M., causing deaths and substantial damages. The day brought real concern to the Cannon Weather Flight as a
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2007
Senior Master Sergeant Clark Lind, with the Air Force Weather Agency at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., stands on the corner of Highway 50 and Giles where the accident took place. Photo by G. A. Volb. NCO lends helping hand in major automobile accident
The forced mashing of metal brought Lind back to reality; once gazing out the window of his car -- in his only little world -- he looked up toward the traffic light in front of him to see a dump truck pushing a Jeep Cherokee down the road sideways. When the back end of the dump truck hit a curb, it rolled and hit a power transformer - the truck
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2007
Second Lt. Doug Gautrau, 26th Operational Weather Squadron, stands in front of an infared satellite image of Hurricane Katrina in the briefing room of the 26th OWS. Eye of the Storm - Hurricane fanatic to become hurricane hunter
To fly into a storm is crazy. Wanting to fly into a storm is near insanity. For one Barksdale lieutenant though, it's been a lifelong dream. New Orleans native 2nd Lt. Doug Gautrau, from the 26th Operational Weather Squadron, has wanted to be a member of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron since tracking his first hurricane nearly 10 years
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2007
The capital of the United States, on the Potomac River between Virginia and Maryland was designed by Pierre L’Enfant and became the capital in 1800. In August 1814 during the War of 1812 the British captured and sacked Washington, burning most of the public buildings, including the Capitol and the White House. It is one of the few cities in the world planned expressly as a national capital. Map courtesy of the National Archives. A tornado that saved a city and defeated the enemy
The summer of 1814 was one of the hottest on record. In late August, the afternoon rains and temperatures of over 100 F made the air humid with beads of moisture and turned the stagnate marshlands surrounding Washington D.C. into disease-carrying mosquito hatcheries. The 8,000 heat-weary townspeople were even more miserable when news came that the
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2007
Weather Forecaster, Senior Airman Bobbi Quast, 15th Operational Weather Squadron, forecasts the weather with her fellow forecasters on the operations floor. Photo by Mr. Marv Lynchard. 15th Operational Weather Squadron - Bringing Weather into Focus
The 15th Operational Weather Squadron has the daunting responsibility of providing timely and accurate environmental situational awareness to more than 120 military installations and sites across a 22-state region of the northeastern United States. Additionally, the Squadron is one of six training hubs following the initial weather training for
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2007
Default Air Force Logo Hurricane Hunters track Pacific winter storms
While most people flee when a pending storm is coming, Keesler AFB Airmen go right into the heart of storms to provide detailed information about storms to warn people of hazardous weather. Airmen and WC-130J Hercules aircraft, also known as Hurricane Hunters, left here Feb. 12 for Anchorage, Alaska, for a month-long mission in support of the 2007
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2007
Default Air Force Logo Children follow in parents' footsteps on National Job Shadow Day
After rushing through weekday morning routines, children and parents head off different in directions to begin their days, each wondering what the others' day will entail. Mackenzie Odom, a Spangdahlem Elementary School fourth grader, had the opportunity to see first hand what her father, Tech. Sgt. Donald Odom, 52nd Operations Support Squadron,
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2007
Default Air Force Logo Dover AFB Weather Flight gives Airmen heads up
Stand-up comedian George Carlin once joked, "Weather forecast for tonight: Dark, continued dark overnight, with widely scattered light by morning." Although his comical forecast is quite accurate, it is a bit too vague for the needs of aircrews that depend upon timely and precise climate information. It is the mission of eight Airmen and one
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2007
Default Air Force Logo Special Forces Soldiers Conduct Holiday Op for Filipino Kids
A few days after Air Force Staff Sgt. Fred Grant settled into his job as the Special Operations Weather Noncommissioned Officer here, he made a cardboard donations box and an announcement. The soft-spoken Mississippi native had a simple wish: to provide Christmas gifts for Filipino children who live on the camp here and whose parents are members of
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2007
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