List of United States Air Force weather squadrons

The United States Air Force has several types of weather squadrons.

Weather Squadrons

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Squadron Shield Location Notes
1st Combat Weather Squadron Fort Lewis
2d Weather Squadron Offutt AFB
3rd Combat Weather Squadron Fort Cavazos Aligned with the III Corps, (US Army)
4th Weather Squadron
 
Maxwell AFB
5th Weather Squadron   Units active during Vietnam War
6th Weather Squadron (Mobile) Tinker AFB
7th Combat Weather Squadron &

7th Expeditionary Combat Weather Squadron

Lucius D. Clay Kaserne Inactivated 2021; replaced by 13th Expeditionary Combat Weather Squadron[1]
8th Weather Squadron
 
9th Weather Squadron
 
Shaw AFB Reactivated as 9th Operational Weather Squadron
10th Weather Squadron
 
Hurlburt Field Redesignated 10th Combat Weather Squadron on 1 April 1996; inactivated 16 May 2014[2]
11th Weather Squadron  
12th Weather Squadron
13th Expeditionary Combat Weather Squadron Redesignated from 13th Weather Squadron and reactivated in 2021.[1]
13th Weather Squadron Inactivated in 1951.[1]
14th Weather Squadron   Asheville, North Carolina
15th Weather Squadron
16th Weather Squadron Offutt AFB
17th Weather Squadron Hickam AFB Redesignated 17 OWS
18th Combat Weather Squadron   Fort Liberty, North Carolina The One-Eight. Aligned with the XVIII Airborne Corps. (US Army)
Detachment 1 Fort Drum, NY
Detachment 2 Fort Johnson, LA
Detachment 3 Hunter Army Airfield, GA
Detachment 4 Fort Campbell, KY
Operating Location - B Fort Belvoir, VA
Operating Location - C Fort Novosel, AL
Operating Location - Q Fort Knox, KY
19th Expeditionary Weather Squadron[3]
 
Afghanistan See 504th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Group
20th Weather Squadron
 
21st Weather Squadron
 
Kapaun Air Station
23d Weather Squadron
 
24th Weather Squadron Webb AFB (closed)
25th Weather Squadron
 
26th Weather Squadron
 
Barksdale AFB
28th Weather Squadron
 
29th Weather Squadron
 
30th Weather Squadron Vandenberg AFB, California HQ at Tan Son Nhut AB, South Vietnam during war
31st Weather Squadron
 
former Sembach AB USAFE stations under 2nd Weather Wing
32d Weather Squadron
 
33d Weather Squadron
 
35th Weather Squadron
 
45th Weather Squadron Patrick Space Force Base Performs weather assessments for rocket launches at
Kennedy Space Center
46th Weather Squadron Eglin AFB, Florida
88th Weather Squadron Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
607th Weather Squadron Camp Humphreys, South Korea

Operational Weather Squadrons

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Squadron Shield Location Nickname Notes
9th Operational Weather Squadron   Shaw AFB The 9 OWS inactivated on 31 May 2008 and merged with the 26th Operational Weather Squadron located on Barksdale AFB, Louisiana.
11th Operational Weather Squadron   Elmendorf AFB Inactivated on 13 June 2008; operations consolidated with 17th OWS
15th Operational Weather Squadron   Scott AFB "Thunderbolts"
17th Operational Weather Squadron   Hickam AFB "Geckos"
20th Operational Weather Squadron   Yokota AB "Samurais" Inactivated April 2006; operations consolidated with 17th OWS[4]
21st Operational Weather Squadron   Kapaun Air Station "Knights"
25th Operational Weather Squadron   Davis–Monthan AFB "Bobcats"
26th Operational Weather Squadron   Barksdale AFB "Bayou Bandits"
28th Operational Weather Squadron   Shaw AFB "Cobras"

Weather Reconnaissance Squadrons

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Miscellaneous Weather Squadrons

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Squadron Shield Location Notes
Air Force Operations Group Pentagon
10th Combat Weather Squadron
20th Air Weather Squadron
54th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron
55th Space Weather Squadron
56th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron
57th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron
58th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron
59th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron
2150th Air Weather Squadron

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Clear skies forecasted as 7th ECWS becomes 13th ECWS". Ramstein Air Base. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  2. ^ "10th CWS deactivates [sic] at Hurlburt Field".
  3. ^ Factsheet: 19 Expeditionary Weather Squadron Archived 14 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine, AFHRA
  4. ^ 20 OWS History Page (w1vxa.us)[permanent dead link]