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)

Nylander Rememberance

Senior Airman Samantha Braley, Air Force Weather Agency A6W, steps in to relieve Col. David Bacot, 2d Weather Group commander, after standing guard next to a battlefield cross inside the AFWA headquarters facility April 26 at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. More than 30 men and women volunteered from AFWA 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)

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)

2d WXG Change of Command

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. -- Col. Louis Zuccarello, Air Force Weather Agency commander, hands the 2d Weather Group guidon to Col. David Bacot, signifying the official change of command for the group during a ceremony at AFWA's Chief Master Sgt. Peter Morris Auditorium July 12. Bacot, who comes to the 2d WXG from Fort McNair in Washington D.C., assumed command from Col. Steven DeSordi, who now leaves for the Pentagon. (Air Force photo by Jeff Gates)

Antarctica Visit

U.S. Air Force Academy Cadet 1st Class Joshua Linsell, meteorology major, holds the Cadet Squadron 25 guidon at the South Pole in -18 degree temps. Linsell visited Antarctica in December as part of a joint U.S. Antarctic Program and Air Force’s Nation Science Foundation trip. (Courtesy photo)

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)