Operation Turbulent Climb

CAMP RED CLOUD, Republic of Korea -- (From left to right) Detachment 1, 607th Weather Squadron members Senior Airman Zach Scott, Master Sgt. Geoffrey Mason and Staff Sgt. Billy Harris make their way up the hill near Camp Red Cloud during Operation Turbulent Climb. The team members ascended over 1,000 feet while carrying 65 pounds of gear and covering nearly five miles in distance. (Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Shane Gillies)

Operation Turbulent Climb

CAMP RED CLOUD, Republic of Korea -- Detachment 1 members ascend the hill while wearing their gas masks during a simulated chemical attack during Operation Turbulent Climb. The exercise trained the Airmen to perform tactical weather tasks in a wartime environment. (Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. William Acevedo)

How's the air up there?

ILOPANGO, El Salvador – Air Force Tech. Sgt. Bill Bayer, a weather meteorologist assigned to Joint Task Force-Bravo, performs early morning weather checks measuring winds, temperature, dew point and pressure with a handheld Kestrel Nov. 14. Sergeant Bayer has been a vital piece to providing daily weather reports for the 1st Battalion, 228th Regiment during a deployment to El Salvador in order to help them stabilize the region from a recent mudslide. Since Nov. 11 JTF-Bravo has distributed more than 172,700 pounds of supplies (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Chad Thompson).

Weather or not to fly

Tech. Sgt. John Moore, 4th Operations Support Squadron weather technician, briefs Maj. William Lulay, 4th Fighter Wing safety office, on weather conditions at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., Sept 3, 2009. All weather personnel complete a nine-month training course at Keesler Air Force Base and travel to one of the eight weather hubs as a weather observer to receive on-the-job training before becoming a weather forecaster. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Rae Perry)

Joint Operational Area Forecasters

SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. -- Tech. Sgt. Casey Grim, a reservist with the 5th Operational Weather Flight, and Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Jorge Castillo, an aerographer’s mate second class from Naval Station Norfolk, Va., both serve together at the 28th Operational Weather Squadron here as Joint Operational Area Forecasters. The combined 28th OWS team provides weather products for all branches of the U.S. military and our coalition partners in the U.S. Central Command's AOR, covering 20 countries spanning 5,000 square miles on two continents. (Photo by Ryan Hansen)

Special Ceremonies Team

From left to right, Staff Sgt. Nick Case, Capt. Alicia Hughes, Capt. Randy Haeberle and Staff Sgt. Andrew Porden of the 14th Weather Squadron’s Special Ceremonies Team present the colors at a Hope for Wounded Warriors event featuring former Kansas senator and presidential candidate Bob Dole. The SCT serves as both the color guard and honor guard for an area covering almost 20,000 square miles in the Western Carolinas and Eastern Tennessee.