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US AIR FORCE METEOROLOGY Air weather service (AWS) is headquartered at Scott AFB, IL, and was established July 1, 1937. AWS was restructured as a field operating agency during the reorganization of the former Military Airlift Command. The AWS provides technical advice and assistance to all agencies supported by the Air Force weather support system and for the standardization and interoperability of the total Air Force weather support system. It also assesses the quality and technical goodness of weather support and fields standard weather systems for the Air Force, Army and special forces. The AWS is a field operating agency that reports to the Air Force directorate of weather, office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Operations at Headquarters US Air Force, Washington, DC. It has three directorates at the headquarters and an equal number of 4600AF CLOSE satellite units that provide current and long-range plans and day-to-day requirements. Within the headquarters, the technology, plans and programs directorate develops the initial requirements and operational concepts into a working solution for all Air Force weather units. The systems and communications directorate manage functions related to AWS' responsibility as the Air Force's lead command for weather systems. These two directorates work hand-in-hand to define requirements, develop concepts and then acquiring standard weather systems for the Air Force. The resource management directorate directs special staff support activities. Public affairs, financial management and comptroller, inquiries and investigation, history office, information management, personnel, manpower and organization, and process improvement all fall in their functional area. Air Force global weather central (AFGWC), located at Offutt AFB, NE, maintains the world's most comprehensive weather database. AFGWC applies it in real-time to satisfy worldwide requirements of Army and Air Force combat forces, the National Command Authorities, Department of Defense and multi-billion-dollar sensitive national programs controlled by the Secretary of the Air Force. AFGWC employs unique man-machine interfaces to combine conventional weather and meteorological satellite data with numerical model output to produce products tailored to meet the special needs of military operations. Detachment 7, AFGWC, at Tinker AFB, OK, collects, processes and distributes real- time weather data to combat and combat support organizations of the US Air Force and other DOD and federal agencies. Air Force combat climatology center, also at Scott AFB, IL, collects, saves and applies weather data to generate environmental products in support of worldwide operations of the Air Force, Army, other DOD and US government interests. A combination of advanced computer programs and the world's largest computerized climatic database, located at an operating location in Asheville, NC, enables AFCCC to prepare studies and analyses to support weapon systems design, mission planning and combat operations worldwide. 4600AF CLOSE Combat weather facility, at Hurlburt Field, FL, is the Air Force focal point for battlefield weather technology and serves as the primary center for training weather personnel on tactical weather and communications equipment. Other CWF objectives include exploiting new technology, and developing new procedures to forecast weather; and testing new tactical meteorological and communications equipment and concepts. The CWF also has an operating location at Fort Blanding, FL. Air Force weather (AFW) personnel support deployable elements of the Air Force, from the squadron level up through numbered air force; and elements of the Army from aviation battalion and brigade on up through echelon above corps. These AFW personnel, deployed in weather teams (WETMs), produce a broad spectrum of weather products and services, including: Local surface weather observations Upper air weather observations (if so equipped and tasked) Terminal aerodrome forecasts Weather watches, advisories, and warnings Weather impacts decision aids, including electro-optical and refractive decision aids Planning information, including climatological and long-range forecast data 4600AF CLOSE