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The United States Air Force has several types of weather squadrons.

Weather Squadrons

Squadron Shield Location Notes
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
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

  1. ^ a b c "Clear skies forecasted as 7th ECWS becomes 13th ECWS". Ramstein Air Base. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  2. ^ "10th CWS deactivates [sic] at Hurlburt Field".
  3. ^ Factsheet: 19 Expeditionary Weather Squadron Archived 14 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine, AFHRA
  4. ^ 20 OWS History Page (w1vxa.us)[ permanent dead link]