Staff Sgt. Victor Vega, 2nd Combat Weather Systems
Staff Sgt. Victor Vega, 2nd Combat Weather Systems Squadron weather systems trainer, checks his radio’s signal strength in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Feb. 26, 2019. Vega was part of 2nd Weather Group’s Exercise Adap... More
Capt. Matthew Perkins, 1st Weather Group science officer,
Capt. Matthew Perkins, 1st Weather Group science officer, sets up a tripod in virtual reality during a product handover March 14, 2019, at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. The 1st WXG VR training software allow... More
Cyber Evolution: 16th WS
Members from the 16th Weather Squadron (WS) pose for a group photo in the lobby of the 557th Weather Wing (WW) Headquarters Building at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, October 10, 2019. The 16th WS is reorgani... More
An Illustration commemorating the 75th anniversary
An Illustration commemorating the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion, depicting the meteorologists responsible for the invasion’s weather planning. The weather forecast that led to June 6, 1944, being selec... More
Airmen from the 1st Weather Group pose for a group
Airmen from the 1st Weather Group pose for a group photo in front of a projection of a new virtual reality training system March 14, 2019, at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. The VR trainer uses off-the-shelf c... More
Members of the 557th Weather Wing and Republic of Korea
Members of the 557th Weather Wing and Republic of Korea Air Force Weather Wing pose for a group photo in front of the 557th WW headquarters building at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, June 20, 2019. The bienni... More
Staff Sgt. Alixandrea Garcia-Taylor, 2nd Combat Weather
Staff Sgt. Alixandrea Garcia-Taylor, 2nd Combat Weather Systems Squadron’s NCO in charge of deployed weather systems training, sets up a Tactical Meteorological Observing System at Live on Green!, Pasadena, Cal... More
Col. Brian Pukall, left, 557th Weather Wing commander,
Col. Brian Pukall, left, 557th Weather Wing commander, and Col. Kyun Do Ki, right, Republic of Korea Air Force Weather Wing commander, talk during a demonstration at the American Forces Network Weather Center a... More
Visitors from Rochester, Minnesota, pose for a group
Visitors from Rochester, Minnesota, pose for a group photo with members of the 557th Weather Wing in front of the 557th WW headquarters building at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, Sept. 19, 2019. Members of th... More
557th WW integrating with 16th AF missions
Tech. Sgt. Matthew O’Neill, 1st Weather Group NCO in charge of Weapons and Tactics, uses a workstation running the improved Joint Operations Area Forecast (JOAF) tool at the 557th Weather Wing (WW), Offutt Air ... More
557th WW realigns under new information warfare NAF
Lt. Gen Timothy Haugh, Sixteenth Air Force commander, speaks during the 557th Weather Wing’s Sixteenth Air Force reassignment ceremony at the wing’s headquarters building, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, Oct. ... More
Col. Kyun Do Ki, left, Republic of Korea Air Force
Col. Kyun Do Ki, left, Republic of Korea Air Force Weather Wing commander, and Col. Brian Pukall, right, 557th Weather Wing commander, shake hands in front of the 557th WW’s headquarters building at Offutt Air ... More
Get ready, severe weather season is here
As Team Offutt continues to recover from flooding that enveloped the base two months ago, members are reminded that severe weather season is here. Taking a few moments to learn what to do in the event of severe... More
Visitors from Rochester, Minnesota, speak with Airmen
Visitors from Rochester, Minnesota, speak with Airmen in the 557th Weather Wing’s atrium at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, Sept. 19, 2019. The visit to Offutt AFB was a surprise as part of a three day mystery... More
Members of the 14th Weather Squadron Climate Go-Kit
Members of the 14th Weather Squadron Climate Go-Kit development team pose for a group photo at their Asheville, North Carolina, office Jan. 31, 2019. By utilizing in-house resources, the development team was ab... More
The original shield of the 25th Weather Squadron (WS),
The original shield of the 25th Weather Squadron (WS), left, next to the current shield of the 25th Operational Weather Squadron (OWS). Originally known as the 25th WS, the 25th OWS, which operates at Davis-Mon... More
557th WW joins 55th WG for Winter Havoc
Airmen from the 557th Weather Wing (WW) departing for the Individual Protection Equipment office at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, to receive mobility bags as part of Exercise Winter Havoc Jan. 29, 2019. The ... More
Jeffrey Fries, 1st Weather Group director of operations,
Jeffrey Fries, 1st Weather Group director of operations, learns to use virtual reality controllers from Dainius Slavinskas, technical director at Myriad Global Media, during a product handover March 14, 2019, a... More
Lt. Gen. Timothy Haugh, Sixteenth Air Force (Air Forces
Lt. Gen. Timothy Haugh, Sixteenth Air Force (Air Forces Cyber) commander, salutes Col. Patrick Williams through a video conference link as he assumes command of the 557th Weather Wing during a change of command... More
ACC Airmen performing space mission in Australia celebrate 40 years
Airmen from 2nd Weather Squadron’s Detachment 1 march with members of the Royal Australian Air Force and Australian veterans during ANZAC Day ceremonies at Exmouth, Western Australia, April 25, 2019. The Detach... More
Airmen from the 25th Operational Weather Squadron (OWS)
Airmen from the 25th Operational Weather Squadron (OWS) train on a Portable Doppler Radar with instructors from the 2nd Combat Weather Systems Squadron as part of a Deployed Weather Systems Training class Aug. ... More
Airmen from the 16th Weather Squadron test software
Airmen from the 16th Weather Squadron test software written as part of Exercise Adaptive Lightning 19, Task Force Bat Phone, at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, Feb. 26, 2019. Task Force Bat Phone is a 2nd Weat... More
Members of the 557th Weather Wing and 57th Operational
Members of the 557th Weather Wing and 57th Operational Support Squadron pose for a group photo with Owlie Skywarn, the National Weather Service mascot, at Live on Green!, Pasadena, California, Dec. 29, 2019. Th... More
Staff Sgt. Victor Vega, 2nd Combat Weather Systems
Staff Sgt. Victor Vega, 2nd Combat Weather Systems Squadron weather systems trainer, and Senior Airman Erik Tatro, 2nd Systems Operations Squadron alphanumerics collection technician, prepare for a test of the ... More
17th OWS wins weather squadron of the year
The 17th Operational Weather Squadron (OWS) poses for a group photo at the Pacific Air Forces headquarters building, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, May 30, 2018. The 17th OWS was selected as the Air Fo... More
Airmen assigned to the 25th Operational Weather (OWS)
Airmen assigned to the 25th Operational Weather (OWS) Squadron at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base celebrate their squadron’s 75th anniversary at the Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona, Nov. 2, 2018. The ... More
Col. Brian Pukall, 557th Weather Wing commander, delivers
Col. Brian Pukall, 557th Weather Wing commander, delivers opening remarks at a Heartland of America Band (HOAB) holiday concert at Glenwood Community High School, Iowa, Dec. 9, 2018. HOAB offers several Sounds ... More
Midshipmen visit 15th OWS to learn Midwest weather
United States Naval Academy Midshipmen pose for a group photo with staff from the 15th Operational Weather Squadron at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, May 11, 2019. Midshipmen visit the 15th OWS annually to lea... More
Lt. Gen. Timothy Haugh, Sixteenth Air Force (Air Forces
Lt. Gen. Timothy Haugh, Sixteenth Air Force (Air Forces Cyber) commander, salutes Col. Brian Pukall, 557th Weather Wing commander, through a video conference link as he relinquishes command of the wing during a... More
Dr. Kent Sieg, 557th Weather Wing historian, shows
Dr. Kent Sieg, 557th Weather Wing historian, shows an 8th Air Force weather map depicting the predicted and actual weather conditions for Europe for June 6, 1944, at the 557th Weather Wing headquarters building... More
Staff Sgt. Joshua-James Patrick, 2nd Combat Weather
Staff Sgt. Joshua-James Patrick, 2nd Combat Weather Systems Squadron instructor, shows Airmen from the 25th Operational Weather Squadron the mast for a Portable Doppler Radar (PDR) system as part of a Deployed ... More