Change of Command

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. -- Maj. Gen. Brett T. Williams, the Air Force's director of operations and deputy chief of staff for operations, plans and requirements, hands the guidon to Col. Louis Zuccarello, designating him as the new Air Force Weather Agency commander, during a change of command ceremony here March 9. Zuccarello takes over after serving as vice commander since February 2011.

Change of Command

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. -- Maj. Gen. Brett T. Williams, the Air Force's director of operations and deputy chief of staff for operations, plans and requirements, addresses attendees at the Air Force Weather Agency change of command ceremony here as Col. Robert Russell, outgoing AFWA commander, and Col. Louis Zuccarello, incoming AFWA commander, look on March 9. Zuccarello takes over after serving as vice commander since February 2011.

Antarctica Visit

U.S. Air Force Academy Cadet 1st Class Joshua Linsell, meteorology major, stands in front of an LC-130 during one his flights in the Antarctic. Linsell visited in December as part of a joint U.S. Antarctic Program and Air Force’s Nation Science Foundation trip. (Courtesy photo)

Storm Clouds Gather

Storm clouds gather as Polish Air Force Capt. Sebastian Bernatowicz, a weather forecaster in the Polish Military Hydro-meteorological Service, makes a test reading from the deployable TMQ-53,a highly sensitive atmospheric measuring device at the Joint Multinational Training Command's Grafenwoehr Training Area in Grafenwoehr, Germany, Dec 6, 2011 during the Cadre Focus winter exercise. JMTC regularly hosts and facilitates multinational training exercises in support of U.S. and NATO forces. (U.S. Army photo by Michael Beaton)

Temporary Power

A crane loads a 60,000 pound, 3.2 megawatt power plant and 5,000 KVA substation onto a flatbed truck for its return trip to the Naval Facilities Expeditionary Logistics Center in Port Hueneme, Calif. The equipment was delivered to Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., by a Mobile Utilities Support Equipment team back in July to provide temporary support to the Air Force Weather Agency headquarters facility here. At that time the Missouri River was threatening to flood the base, so the temporary portable electrical power would have been used to decrease the load on the base's generator plant and ensure AFWA's electrical power would have continued. (Air Force photo by Charles Haymond)

Seabees at AFWA

Petty Officer 1st Class Eric Sanders, a utilitiesman with a Mobile Utilities Support Equipment team from Port Hueneme, Calif., shows power production technicians from the 55th Civil Engineer Squadron here how to operate one of their generators as Petty Officer Second Class Jodi-Ann Allen, a construction electrician, watches on July 19 at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. The MUSE team was here from July 18-27 to install a 3.2 megawatt power plant in conjunction with a 5000 KVA substation. (Air Force photo by Jeff Gates)