Kunsan Weather Flight

Technical Sgt. Nathan Taylor, 8th Operations Support Squadron, NCOIC of Airfield Weather Element uses a weather tracker to measure environmental conditions at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Jan. 22, 2009.Sergeant Taylor is able to read the temperature, humidity, wind speed, wind chill, dew point and many other readings to forecast Kunsan's weather. (US Air Force Photo By Senior Airman Angela Ruiz)

Kunsan Weather Flight

Technical Sgt. Nathan Taylor and Staff Sgt. Adrian Jackson, 8th Operations Support Squadron Airfield Weather Flight, reference information pertaining to different weather conditions at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Jan. 22, 2009. The Airmen provide up top date weather information Wolf Pack aircrew members to assist them with mission planning. (US Air Force Photo By Senior Airman Angela Ruiz)

Weather flight support

Air Force Tech. Sgt. Bill Smith (left) practices aligning a satellite with the help of Air Force Staff Sgt. Scott Roach. They are members of the Arkansas Air Guard's 154th Weather Flight, which provided weather support to the Arkansas Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 114th Security and Support, during recent annual training. National Guard members from various states are preparing for Tropical Storm Gustav, expected to make landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast as a Category 3 hurricane on Sept. 2, 2008. (U.S. Army photo by 2nd Lt. Theresa L. Walker)

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)

Forecasters afloat support multinational training exercise

Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Timothy Manning demonstrates how to manipulate satellite pictures on the SMQ-11 satellite receiver to Tech. Sgt. Philip Mohr, weather forecaster. 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)

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)