List of United States Air Force weather squadrons
The United States Air Force has several types of weather squadrons.
Weather Squadrons
Squadron | Shield | Location | Notes |
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1st Combat Weather Squadron | Fort Lewis | ||
2d Weather Squadron | Offutt AFB | ||
3rd Combat Weather Squadron | Fort Cavazos | Aligned with the III Corps, (US Army) | |
4th Weather Squadron | Maxwell AFB | ||
5th Weather Squadron | Units active during Vietnam War | ||
6th Weather Squadron (Mobile) | Tinker AFB | ||
7th Combat Weather Squadron & 7th Expeditionary Combat Weather Squadron | Lucius D. Clay Kaserne | Inactivated 2021; replaced by 13th Expeditionary Combat Weather Squadron[1] | |
8th Weather Squadron | |||
9th Weather Squadron | Shaw AFB | Reactivated as 9th Operational Weather Squadron | |
10th Weather Squadron | Hurlburt Field | Redesignated 10th Combat Weather Squadron on 1 April 1996; inactivated 16 May 2014[2] | |
11th Weather Squadron | |||
12th Weather Squadron | |||
13th Expeditionary Combat Weather Squadron | Redesignated from 13th Weather Squadron and reactivated in 2021.[1] | ||
13th Weather Squadron | Inactivated in 1951.[1] | ||
14th Weather Squadron | Asheville, North Carolina | ||
15th Weather Squadron | |||
16th Weather Squadron | Offutt AFB | ||
17th Weather Squadron | Hickam AFB | Redesignated 17 OWS | |
18th Combat Weather Squadron | Fort Liberty, North Carolina | The One-Eight. Aligned with the XVIII Airborne Corps. (US Army) | |
Detachment 1 | Fort Drum, NY | ||
Detachment 2 | Fort Johnson, LA | ||
Detachment 3 | Hunter Army Airfield, GA | ||
Detachment 4 | Fort Campbell, KY | ||
Operating Location - B | Fort Belvoir, VA | ||
Operating Location - C | Fort Novosel, AL | ||
Operating Location - Q | Fort Knox, KY | ||
19th Expeditionary Weather Squadron[3] | Afghanistan | See 504th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Group | |
20th Weather Squadron | |||
21st Weather Squadron | Kapaun Air Station | ||
23d Weather Squadron | |||
24th Weather Squadron | Webb AFB (closed) | ||
25th Weather Squadron | |||
26th Weather Squadron | Barksdale AFB | ||
28th Weather Squadron | |||
29th Weather Squadron | |||
30th Weather Squadron | Vandenberg AFB, California | HQ at Tan Son Nhut AB, South Vietnam during war | |
31st Weather Squadron | former Sembach AB | USAFE stations under 2nd Weather Wing | |
32d Weather Squadron | |||
33d Weather Squadron | |||
35th Weather Squadron | |||
45th Weather Squadron | Patrick Space Force Base | Performs weather assessments for rocket launches at Kennedy Space Center | |
46th Weather Squadron | Eglin AFB, Florida | ||
88th Weather Squadron | Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio | ||
607th Weather Squadron | Camp Humphreys, South Korea |
Operational Weather Squadrons
Squadron | Shield | Location | Nickname | Notes |
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9th Operational Weather Squadron | Shaw AFB | The 9 OWS inactivated on 31 May 2008 and merged with the 26th Operational Weather Squadron located on Barksdale AFB, Louisiana. | ||
11th Operational Weather Squadron | Elmendorf AFB | Inactivated on 13 June 2008; operations consolidated with 17th OWS | ||
15th Operational Weather Squadron | Scott AFB | "Thunderbolts" | ||
17th Operational Weather Squadron | Hickam AFB | "Geckos" | ||
20th Operational Weather Squadron | Yokota AB | "Samurais" | Inactivated April 2006; operations consolidated with 17th OWS[4] | |
21st Operational Weather Squadron | Kapaun Air Station | "Knights" | ||
25th Operational Weather Squadron | Davis–Monthan AFB | "Bobcats" | ||
26th Operational Weather Squadron | Barksdale AFB | "Bayou Bandits" | ||
28th Operational Weather Squadron | Shaw AFB | "Cobras" |
Weather Reconnaissance Squadrons
Miscellaneous Weather Squadrons
Squadron | Shield | Location | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Air Force Operations Group | Pentagon | ||
10th Combat Weather Squadron | |||
20th Air Weather Squadron | |||
54th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron | |||
55th Space Weather Squadron | |||
56th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron | |||
57th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron | |||
58th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron | |||
59th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron | |||
2150th Air Weather Squadron |
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Clear skies forecasted as 7th ECWS becomes 13th ECWS". Ramstein Air Base. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
- ^ "10th CWS deactivates [sic] at Hurlburt Field".
- ^ Factsheet: 19 Expeditionary Weather Squadron Archived 14 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine, AFHRA
- ^ 20 OWS History Page (w1vxa.us)[permanent dead link]
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