List of United States Air Force weather squadrons

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

Weather Squadrons[]

Squadron Shield Location Notes
1st Weather Squadron
1st Weather Squadron.PNG
Fort Lewis
2d Weather Squadron
2d Weather Squadron.PNG
Offutt AFB
3d Weather Squadron.PNG
Fort Hood Aligned with the III Corps, (US Army)
Maxwell AFB
5 Weather Sq emblem.png Units active during Vietnam War
Tinker AFB
7th Combat Weather Squadron
Updated 7th Weather Squadron Emblem.png
Lucius D. Clay Kaserne
9th Weather Squadron Shaw AFB Reactivated as 9th Operational Weather Squadron
10th Combat Weather Squadron.jpg
Hurlburt Field Redesignated on 1 April 1996; inactivated 16 May 2014[1]
11th Weather Squadron
14th Weather Squadron
14th Weather Squadron.png
Asheville, North Carolina
Offutt AFB
17th Weather Squadron Hickam AFB Redesignated 17 OWS
Fort Bragg, North Carolina The One-Eight. Aligned with the XVIII Airborne Corps. (US Army)
19th Expeditionary Weather Squadron[2]
19 Expedtionary Weather Sq.png
Afghanistan See 504th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Group
20th Weather Squadron
21OWS.jpg
Kapaun Air Station
23d Weather Squadron
Webb AFB (closed)
25th Weather Squadron
26th Weather Squadron Barksdale AFB
28th Weather Squadron
30th Weather Squadron
30th Weather Squadron.PNG
Vandenberg AFB, California HQ at Tan Son Nhut AB, South Vietnam during war
former Sembach AB USAFE stations under 2nd Weather Wing
45th Weather Squadron
45th Weather Squadron.PNG
Patrick Space Force Base Performs weather assessments for rocket launches at
Kennedy Space Center
46th Weather Squadron.PNG
Eglin AFB, Florida
88th Weather Squadron.PNG
Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
607th Weather Squadron
607th Weather Squadron.PNG
Camp Humphreys, South Korea

Operational Weather Squadrons[]

Squadron Shield Location Nickname Notes
9th Operational Weather Squadron 9th Operational Weather Squadron.png 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 15th Operational Weather Squadron.png Scott AFB "Thunderbolts"
17th Operational Weather Squadron 17th Operational Weather Squadron.png Hickam AFB "Geckos"
20th Operational Weather Squadron 20ows.JPG Yokota AB "Samurais" Inactivated April 2006; operations consolidated with 17th OWS[3]
21st Operational Weather Squadron 21OWS.jpg Kapaun Air Station "Knights"
25th Operational Weather Squadron 25th Operational Weather Squadron.png Davis–Monthan AFB "Bobcats"
26th Operational Weather Squadron 26th Operational Weather Squadron.png Barksdale AFB "Bayou Bandits"
28th Operational Weather Squadron 28th Operational Weather Squadron emblem.jpg Shaw AFB "Cobras"

Weather Reconnaissance Squadrons[]

Miscellaneous Weather Squadrons[]

Squadron Shield Location Notes
Pentagon
55th Space Weather Squadron
56th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron
57th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron
58th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "10th CWS deactivates at Hurlburt Field".
  2. ^ Factsheet: 19 Expeditionary Weather Squadron Archived 14 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine, AFHRA
  3. ^ 20 OWS History Page (w1vxa.us)[permanent dead link]
Retrieved from ""