The United States Air Force has several types of weather squadrons.
Weather Squadrons[]
| Squadron | Shield | Location | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Weather Squadron |  |
Fort Lewis | |
| 2d Weather Squadron |  |
Offutt AFB | |
| 3d Weather Squadron |  |
Fort Hood | |
| 4th Weather Squadron | Maxwell AFB | ||
| 5th Weather Squadron | |||
| 6th Weather Squadron (Mobile) | Tinker AFB | ||
| 7th Weather Squadron |  |
Heidelberg | |
| 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 April 1, 1996 | |
| 11th Weather Squadron | |||
| 12th Weather Squadron | |||
| 13th Weather Squadron | |||
| 14th Weather Squadron |  |
Asheville, North Carolina | |
| 15th Weather Squadron | |||
| 16th Weather Squadron | Offutt AFB | ||
| 17th Weather Squadron | Hickam AFB | Redesignated 17 OWS | |
| 18th Weather Squadron | Special Operations Weather | ||
| 19th Expeditionary Weather Squadron[1] |  |
Afghanistan | See 504th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Group |
| 20th Weather Squadron | |||
| 21st Weather Squadron | Sembach AB | ||
| 23d Weather Squadron | |||
| 24th Weather Squadron | Webb AFB, Big Spring Texas (closed) | ||
| 25th Weather Squadron | |||
| 26th Weather Squadron | Barksdale AFB | ||
| 28th Weather Squadron | |||
| 29th Weather Squadron | |||
| 30th Weather Squadron |  |
Vandenberg AFB, California | |
| 31st Weather Squadron | former HQ Sembach AB | USAFE stations under 2nd Weather Wing | |
| 32d Weather Squadron | |||
| 33d Weather Squadron | |||
| 35th Weather Squadron | |||
| 45th Weather Squadron |  |
Patrick AFB, Florida | Performs weather assessments for Shuttle launches at Kennedy Space Center |
| 46th Weather Squadron |  |
Eglin AFB, Florida | |
| 88th Weather Squadron |  |
Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio | |
| 607th Weather Squadron |  |
Yongsan Garrison, South Korea |
Operational Weather Squadrons[]
| Squadron | Shield | Location | Nickname | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9th Operational Weather Squadron |  |
Shaw AFB | ||
| 11th Operational Weather Squadron | Elmendorf AFB | Deactivated on June 13, 2008; operations consolidated with 17th OWS | ||
| 15th Operational Weather Squadron |  |
Scott AFB | ||
| 17th Operational Weather Squadron |  |
Hickam AFB | "Geckos" | |
| 20th Operational Weather Squadron | Yokota AB | "Samurais" | Inactivated April 2006[2] | |
| 21st Operational Weather Squadron | Sembach AB | "Knights" | ||
| 25th Operational Weather Squadron |  |
Davis-Monthan AFB | "Bobcats" | |
| 26th Operational Weather Squadron |  |
Barksdale AFB | "Tornado Alley Warriors" | |
| 28th Operational Weather Squadron | Shaw AFB | "Owls" |
Weather Reconnaissance Squadrons[]
Miscellaneous Weather Squadrons[]
| Squadron | Shield | Location | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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[]
References[]
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The original article can be found at List of United States Air Force weather squadrons and the edit history here.