Analyzing the Earth's geomagnetic field

Senior Airman Sara Griffin, a space weather forecaster, analyzes the Earth's solar geo-physical environment. She uses the information to determine it's effects on Department of Defense systems and operations. A three-year veteran of the Air Force, Griffin is from Navarre, Fla., and now works in the 2nd Weather Squadron's Space Weather Flight at the Air Force Weather Agency on Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. (Photo by G. A. Volb)

Solar weather

Senior Airman Aaron Jones, 25, forecasts the astro-geophysical environment used to determine solar weather effects on Department of Defense systems and operations. Jones, originally from Ft. Worth, Texas, is a space weather forecaster with the 2nd Weather Group's Space Weather Flight. The group is located at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., as part of the Air Force Weather Agency. (Photo by G. A. Volb)

Weather depiction charts

Airman Joseph Newlon, 24, from Keokuk, Iowa, reviews significant weather depictions from the 17th Operational Weather Squadron at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. Newlon is a broadcast weather technician at the American Forces Network Weather Center on Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. (Photo by G. A. Volb)

AFNWC Broadcast Forecaster

Staff Sgt. Brandon Proctor, a weather broadcast technician at the American Forces News Weather Center on Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., builds graphical animation for the Pacific Region report. (Photo by G. A. Volb)

AFWA Mission Briefing

Capt. Jeremy Alexander, deputy director of staff for the Air Force Weather Agency at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., goes over the unit's mission briefing. The briefinig is used to give visitors a better idea of the products AFWA produces and the people who accomplish the mission. (Photo by G. A. Volb)

AFNWC Forecast Recording

Staff Sgt. Brian Thompkins, NCO in Charge of the American Forces Network Weather Center at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., records a script for one of 11 regional forecasts a staff of eight produces daily. More than 7-million viewers make use of the forecasts world wide via AFN and the Pentagon Channel. Thompkins is a seven-year Air Force veteran originally from Baltimore City, Maryland. (Photo by G. A. Volb)