Air Traffic

KIRKUK REGIONAL AIR BASE, Iraq –Master Sgt. David Elliott, 506th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron, flight chief, and Senior Airman Ryan Felicilda, 506th EOSS, weather forecaster, check tactical meteorologist sensors along the flight line here Aug. 14. The sensors are checked every hour and uploaded for use around the Area of Responsibility. Sergeant Elliott, a DeFuniak Springs, Fla., native, is deployed here from the 14th Weather Squadron, Asheville, N.C. Airman Felicilda, a Gainesville, Fla., native, is deployed here from the 23rd Operations Support Squadron, Moody Air Force Base, Ga. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joshua Breckon)

Calm before the dust storm

JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq -- Staff Sgt. Mark Casey, weather forecaster of the 332nd Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron, conducts a maintenance check and weekly cleaning for a Tactical Meteorological Equipment-53 Sensor on the flight line here Aug. 10. The TMQ-53 Sensor's capabilities include the tracking of wind speeds, airfield pressure, visibility, precipitation and altimeter settings. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Christopher Hubenthal)

African American History Month

GODMAN FIELD, Ky. -- Lt. John Willis briefs a B-25 aircrew before a mission in the summer of 1945. More than 50 African-American's served as weather forecasters and observers while more than 10 served as meteorological aviation officers during World War II. This ground breaking group served with both the 332nd Fighter Group and 477th Bomb Group during World War II.

African American History Month

More than 50 African-American's served as weather forecasters and observers while more than 10 served as meteorological aviation officers during World War II. This ground breaking group served with both the 332nd Fighter Group and 477th Bomb Group.

Top AF weathermen visit Aviano forecasters

AVIANO AIR BASE, Italy -- Brig. Gen. (retired) Fred Lewis, the Air Force director of weather, and Chief Master Sgt. Martin Kaczmarek, the Air Force weather career field manager, talk about the future of the Air Force weather program with forecasters from the 31st Operations Support Squadron at Aviano Air Base, Italy, on Oct. 17. The director and chief visited with Aviano Airmen as part of their trip to a weather conference being held in Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Michael O'Connor)

AFWA Headquarters Building

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. -- The Lt. Gen. Thomas S. Moorman building, headquarters of the Air Force Weather Agency here, recently became the first facility in the Air Force to earn a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design gold rating by the U.S. Green Building Council. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ryan Hansen)