Honoring Capt. Nylander

BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan -- Maj. Ken Burton, 19th Expeditionary Weather Squadron director of operations, participates in a 10-kilometer road race here May 30 to honor the memory of Capt. Nathan Nylander, a fellow Air Force weather officer who was killed in an attack at the Kabul International Airport on April 27. Major Burton ran the race in-conjunction with the Bolder Boulder, a 10-kilometer road race held annually on Memorial Day in Boulder, Colo., in his combat gear. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Kerry Leverett)

Northern Lights viewing after geomagnetic storm

A solar wind stream hit Earth's magnetic field on March 1st, sparking a day-long geomagnetic storm and bright auroras around the Arctic Circle, according to www.spaceweather.com (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joshua Garcia)

AFWA Auditorium

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. -- Col. Robert Russell, Air Force Weather Agency commander, and Retired Chief Master Sgt. Peter Morris, unveil a plaque dedicating the AFWA auditorium to Chief Morris during a ceremony here Feb. 15. Chief Morris served 30 years in the Air Force and is widely recognized as one of their finest enlisted leaders and weather warriors. (Air Force photo by Jeff W. Gates)

AFWA Auditorium

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. -- Retired Chief Master Sgt. Peter Morris talks about his career in Air Force Weather during the dedication of the Air Force Weather Agency auditorium in his name here Feb. 15. Chief Morris served 30 years in the Air Force and is widely recognized as one of their finest enlisted leaders and weather warriors. (Air Force photo by Jeff W. Gates)

Deployed Forecaster

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Staff Sgt. Ashley Barnett, a weather forecaster for the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing, collects data from a TMQ-53 weather sensor to observe conditions and update forecasts at an undisclosed air base in Southwest Asia, Oct. 28, 2010. The 386th AEW forecasters work behind the scenes to provide Air Force and Army personnel with accurate, up-to-date forecasts so flying missions can continue in support of operations Enduring Freedom and New Dawn. Barnett is deployed from Air Mobility Command’s 305th Operations Support Squadron, 305th Air Mobility Wing, at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Laura Turner)

Iraqi weather forecasters

JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq -- Tech Sgt. Mike Adcock, a Task Force 38 weather forecaster, monitors a dust storm in northern Iraq on a satellite-produced image. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jeff Lowry)