Tornado Relief

From left to right: Derrick Ellis, son of Ken Ellis, a civilian with the 2d Systems Operations Squadron, Samuel Tristan, son of Senior Master Sgt. Angela Tristan, 2d SYOS, Lou Pell and Ken Ellis, 2d SYOS civilians, load items donated by the members of the Air Force Weather Agency and others to support tornado victims of the Absentee Shawnee Tribe Resource Center in Norman, Okla. The team took nearly 2,000 pounds of donated supplies to Oklahoma to include water, food, clothes, toiletries and even dog food. (Courtesy photo)

Nylander Rememberance

Senior Airman Samantha Braley, Air Force Weather Agency A6W, stands guard next to a battlefield cross inside the AFWA headquarters facility April 26 at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. Braley was one of more than 30 men and women that volunteered to stand guard in 30 or 60 minute shifts for 24 hours as a way of honoring Capt. Nate Nylander, a weather officer who was killed in Afghanistan along with eight others during a shooting at Kabul International Airport on April 27, 2011. (Photo by Charles Haymond)

Battlefield Weather

Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan -- Ecker is a battlefield weather forecaster with the 19th Expeditionary Weather Squadron at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder)

Battlefield Weather

Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan -- Senior Airman Michael Richardson takes weather readings with a TMQ-53 tactical weather sensor during training at Fort Irwin, Calif. Richardson is a battlefield weather forecaster assigned to the 3rd Weather Squadron at Fort Riley, Kan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Val Gempis)

Battlefield weather forecaster

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Adam Gagne, 19th Expeditionary Weather Squadron, battlefield weather forecaster, is responsible for maintenance of remote weather sensors inside and outside the wire Oct. 10, 2012, at Forward Operating Base Masum Ghar, Afghanistan. The 19th EWS provides Army ground commanders with accurate and real-time weather conditions and offers alternative options to help commanders make informed decisions on combat operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder)

Battlefield weather forecaster

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman James Ecker, 19th Expeditionary Weather Squadron, battlefield weather forecaster, conducts a preventive maintenance inspection on a weather sensor on Oct. 9, 2012, Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. The 19th EWS provides Army ground commanders with accurate and real-time weather conditions and offers alternative options to help commanders make informed decisions on combat operations. Ecker's hometown is Lorain, Ohio. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder)

Artist's Rendering

Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. – This is an artist's rendering of the brand new 1st Weather Squadron headquarters facility scheduled to open here in October 2013. The new 16,286 square foot facility will replace the unit’s current 1950’s era building that is only 3,500 square feet and has limited storage and parking and only one restroom. (Courtesy graphic)

Ground Breaking

Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. – Chief Master Sgt. Jason Quesenberry, 1st Air Support Operations Group chief enlisted manager, Col. Steven Gray 1st ASOG commander, Lt. Col. Bill Courtemanche, 1st Weather Squadron commander, Maj. Paul Lucyk, 1st WS director of operations, and Senior Master Sgt. Thomas Briggs, 1st WS superientendent, perform the ceremonial ground on a brand new 1st WS headquarters facility here July 13. The new complex is part of a $6.4 million Army project and will increase the capabilities of this group of 65 battlefield Airmen and five civilians. (Courtesy photo)

Special Weather Statement Graphic

BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. -- The 26th Operational Weather Squadron released a Special Weather Statement Graphic on April 14 as a severe weather outbreak was preparing to hit four states. (Courtesy graphic)

Space Wx 3

Space Wx 3

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.