Weather Briefing

Shorty Hayward gives a flight weather briefing to a soldier while working at the Fort Hood’s weather station on Aug. 7. (Photo by Steven Doll)

Weather forecasts protect Air Force, Americans

TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Capt. John McMillen from the Air Force Weather Agency at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., and Maj. Kimberly Pacheco, 601st Air Operations Center weather team chief, monitor the track of Hurricane Ike as they prepare for a briefing at the AOC here Sept. 11. Weather forecasters with America’s AOC continue to work around the clock as the hurricane plows across the Gulf of Mexico toward Texas. Captain McMillen is one of dozens of active duty members, Guardsmen and Reservists temporary assigned to the AOC and Air Forces Northern in support of hurricane relief operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Brian S. Orban)

AFWA 9/11 Retreat Ceremony

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. -- Members of the Air Force Weather Agency stand at attention as troopers Joe Wurtz, left, and Danny Murphy, right, of the New Jersey State Police bagpipers, play during a retreat ceremony here marking the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ryan Hansen)

Col. John D. Murphy

Col. John D. Murphy, Commander Air Force Weather Agency.

Forecasters afloat support multinational training exercise

Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Timothy Manning demonstrates the SPA-25 surface radar repeater to Capt. Steve Maile, Combined Joint Task Force 950 meteorological and oceanographic officer July 27. A joint Navy and Air Force weather team worked together at sea aboard the USS Bataan in support of JTFEX 08-4, a multinational exercise that included Sailors, Soldiers, Airmen, Marines and Coast Guardsmen. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Nicholas J. Sabula)

Peacekeeping mission continues for Airmen in Kosovo

Tech. Sgt. Scott Williams works with sensory equipment on top of a weather tower Feb. 29 at Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo. Sergeant Williams, a combat weatherman, and three Air National Guardsmen provide 24/7 weather forecasting to rotary-winged aircrews and 1,400 Soldiers deployed to Camp Bondsteel. (U.S. Army photo/Spc. Tara Moseman)

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)