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Weather recon still kickin'
For more than 60 years, brave Air Force weather men and women have flown on routine, and not-so-routine weather reconnaissance missions to protect the people of our nation from the ravages of tropical cyclones - wherever these storms form. That is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the varied missions of Air Weather
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11/14
2006
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Weather squadron volunteers continue Hurricane Katrina clean-up
After visiting the Bay St. Louis, Miss., area, the commander of the 46th Weather Squadron helped organize a team of volunteers to assist with the on-going Hurricane Katrina cleanup effort. Lt. Col. Julie Noto and Senior Master Sgt. Peter Buzynski of the 46th WS organized eight volunteers, rented camping trailers from outdoor recreation and set out
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11/14
2006
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Monsoons in America?
On the evening of July 17, a massive thunderstorm ripped through the Marana-Silverbell Army Helicopter Support Facility complex which lies approximately 15 miles north of Tucson, Ariz. wreaking havoc on operations base-wide. Regional forecasters at the 25th Operational Weather Squadron, Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz. first spotted the cell on radar as it
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11/09
2006
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Two of Thule's Extreme Storms
DEC. 27, 1957 The Ballistic Missile Early Warning Site dispatcher to the system controller reported the winds on site were 26 mph and at Shelter 7 they were 23 to 25 mph. At 6:50 p.m. a shuttle bus was dispatched to BMEWS. Shortly after, a Phase Alert was declared. The winds jumped to 68 to 70 mph and Phase II was declared at 6:55 p.m. The winds at
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11/09
2006
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It was a dark and stormy night. . .
Oh, no - a really boring horror storyImagine that night is 2,880 hours long! And imagine the "stormy" part of it is a full-bore blizzard for 168 hours with peak winds of 207 mph and average visibility of 6 to 12 inches. Thule Air Base in Northern Greenland is located at 76 N, 68 W on the globe and that dark and stormy night earned its listing in
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11/09
2006
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Extreme training for extreme meteorologists
Lightning flashed 20 miles northwest of the pickup zone, or PZ, the sky was pitch black. The sound of a fast moving helicopter grew in intensity as the blacked out MH-47E Chinook approached. Over the secure radio net, Tech Sgt. Steve Adams received the "1 minute out" call from the aircraft, and approved it onto the PZ. Through his night vision
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11/09
2006
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Balad combat weather flight ensures safe travel
When Staff Sgt. James Brown steps out for the first time during his day here, he scans the sky. He already knows what type of day he'll have at work before he steps into his office because weather is his business. The combat weather forecasters assigned to the 332nd Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron monitor local weather conditions 24/7 to
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10/27
2006
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Team weathers the mission
In the desert it's hot and dry. You don't need to be a meteorologist to figure that out. The Combat Weather Team at the 380th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron in Southwest Asia does more than provide heat stress condition levels, issue weather watches and warnings, and provide weather information for flying missions. The four-person team
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10/27
2006
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Weather in 10 minutes or less, guaranteed
The only thing faster than the weather satellites that the Airmen of the 6th Space Operations Squadron support is the speed with which those Airmen deliver weather information. The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program's constellation orbits approximately 525 miles above the earth. In contrast to Global Positioning System satellites at 12,000
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10/27
2006
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