Transcript Air Force AFSC 15W Weather

Air Force AFSC 15W
Weather
Lt Col Thyra A. Bishop
142 Fighter Wing, Oregon Air National Guard
Lt Col Matthew Doggett
123 Weather Flight, Oregon Air National Guard
Capt Nathan Nylander
Nylander, 35, was a meteorologist with
D-M's 25th Operational Weather
Squadron. On the day of the shooting,
he was in a conference room with
other Air Force and Afghan personnel
when a gunman opened fire.
Nylander evacuated the room, then
went into a hallway, where he and
another officer fired their pistols at the
gunman.
Nylander believed the assailant was
incapacitated by his wounds and
began helping the injured personnel.
But the gunman resumed the attack.
Nylander fired at the man again before
being shot fatally.
My Qualifications
• Oregon State University, BS, in Atmospheric Science,
1988
• 23 years experience forecasting for:
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C-5
C-141
C-130
A-10
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F-16
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B-52
41st Brigade Combat Team/ 101 Air Assault Division
Combat Medals for DESERT STORM/OEF
My Qualifications
• Oregon State University, BS, in Atmospheric Science,
1988
• 23 years experience forecasting for:
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C-5
C-141
C-130
A-10
U-2
F-16
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B-52
41st Brigade Combat Team/ 101 Air Assault Division
Combat Medals for DESERT STORM/OEF
My Qualifications
• Oregon State University, BS, in Atmospheric Science,
1988
• 23 years experience forecasting for:
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C-5
C-141
C-130
A-10
U-2
F-16
F-15
B-52
41st Brigade Combat Team/ 101 Air Assault Division
Combat Medals for DESERT STORM/OEF
My Qualifications
• Oregon State University, BS, in Atmospheric Science,
1988
• 23 years experience forecasting for:
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C-5
C-141
C-130
A-10
U-2
F-16
F-15
B-52
41st Brigade Combat Team/ 101 Air Assault Division
Combat Medals for DESERT STORM/OEF
My Qualifications
• Oregon State University, BS, in Atmospheric Science,
1988
• 23 years experience forecasting for:
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C-5
C-141
C-130
A-10
U-2
F-16
F-15
B-52
41st Brigade Combat Team/ 101 Air Assault Division
Combat Medals for DESERT STORM/OEF
My Qualifications
• Oregon State University, BS, in Atmospheric Science,
1988
• 23 years experience forecasting for:
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C-5
C-141
C-130
A-10
U-2
F-16
F-15
B-52
41st Brigade Combat Team/ 101 Air Assault Division
Combat Medal for DESERT STORM/OEF
My Qualifications
• Oregon State University, BS, in Atmospheric Science,
1988
• 23 years experience forecasting for:
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C-5
C-141
C-130
A-10
U-2
F-16
F-15
B-52
41st Brigade Combat Team/ 101 Air Assault Division
Combat Medals for DESERT STORM/OEF
My Qualifications
• Oregon State University, BS, in Atmospheric Science,
1988
• 23 years experience forecasting for:
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C-5
C-141
C-130
A-10
U-2
F-16
F-15
B-52
41st Brigade Combat Team/ 101 Air Assault Division
Combat Medals for DESERT STORM/OEF
My Qualifications
• Oregon State University, BS, in Atmospheric Science,
1988
• 23 years experience forecasting for:
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C-5
C-141
C-130
A-10
U-2
F-16
F-15
B-52
41st Brigade Combat Team/ 101 Air Assault Division
Combat Medals for DESERT STORM/OEF
My Qualifications
• Oregon State University, BS, in Atmospheric Science,
1988
• 23 years experience forecasting for:
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C-5
C-141
C-130
A-10
U-2
F-16
F-15
B-52
41st Brigade Combat Team/ 101 Air Assault Division
Combat Medals for DESERT STORM/OEF
My Qualifications
• Oregon State University, BS, in Atmospheric Science,
1988
• 23 years experience forecasting for:
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C-5
C-141
C-130
A-10
U-2
F-16
F-15
B-52
41st Brigade Combat Team
Combat Medals for DESERT STORM/OEF
History of Weather Service
• "to provide for taking
meteorological
observations at the
military stations in the
interior of the continent
and at other points in the
States and Territories...
and for giving notice on
the northern (Great)
Lakes and on the
seacoast by magnetic
telegraph and marine
signals, of the approach
and force of storms"
History of Weather Service
• After much thought and
consideration, it was decided that
this agency would be placed under
the Secretary of War because
military discipline would probably
secure the greatest promptness,
regularity, and accuracy in the
required observations. Within the
Department of War, it was
assigned to the Signal Service
Corps under Brigadier General
Albert J. Myer. General Meyer
gave the National Weather Service
its first name: The Division of
Telegrams and Reports for the
Benefit of Commerce.
History of Weather Service
• The Signal Service's field stations grew in number
from 24 in 1870 to 284 in 1878. Three times a day
(usually 7:35 a.m., 4:35 p.m., and 11:35 p.m.), each
station telegraphed an observation to Washington,
D.C. These observations consisted of:
• Barometric pressure and its change since the last
report.
• Temperature and its 24-hour change.
• Relative humidity.
• Wind velocity.
• Pressure of the wind in pounds per square foot.
• Amount of clouds.
• State of the weather.
History of Weather Service
• SERGEANT: Should the Rocky Mountain locust appear at or near your
station at any time during the present year, you will obtain all the information
possible relative to the following subjects:
• The date of appearance of the locusts; the direction from which they came;
the direction and velocity of wind and character of weather at time of
appearance; the length of time they remain in your neighborhood, and
amount of damage done by them; the direction and velocity of flight;
direction of flight when they leave your station; whether they fly with or
against the wind; whether or not they laid eggs in great quantities in the
surrounding country; what means were taken to destroy the eggs or the
locusts; any other information you can obtain on this subject. Should the
locusts have arrived at your station previous to the receipt of this
communication, you will obtain all the information possible from the citizens
residing near you and forward it without delay to this office.
• Make full notes in your daily journal in regard to locusts and forward the
same with the abstract.
History
• 1870: Congress directs Secretary of War
to establish a weather service
• Observer Sergeants are sent to take
observations three times a day
• 1937: Army Air Corps Weather Service
• 1947: Weather aligned under Air Force
– Army weather support come from Air Force
Levels of War/Weather
• Strategic
• Operational
• Tactical
• Climate/Global
Products
• Operational Weather
Squadrons
• Combat Weather
Teams
Levels of War/Weather
Levels of War/Weather
• Strategic
• Strategic
• Operational
• Operational
• Tactical
• Tactical
Levels of War/Weather
• Strategic
• Strategic
• Operational
• Operational
• Tactical
• Tactical
Who Do We Support?
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Air Force
Army
Special Operations
State Agencies in emergencies
Natural Disasters
Combat Weather Teams
• We are the Eyes Forward
• Provide observation to the OWS
(Operational Weather Squadron)
• Combine to give TAF and Weather
Warnings and Advisories
• Advise Commanders on the ground
Air Force Support
AIR TASKING ORDER
•AWACS
• Air Tasking Order
•F16
-2 SHIP PATROL GRID 1
– Break out local unit missions
•A10
-4 SHIP PATROL GRID 2
– Work with Intelligence and
Operations
-2 SHIP
PATROL GRID 3
•F15
– See what weather impacts
are
to operation
NEXT,
WEATHER
WORKS
•CI30
WITH INTELLEGENCE
– Preparation
for
final
briefings
•KC135
AND OPERATIONS TO
PLAN THE MISSIONS AND
– Brief aircrews
•UAV
•CSAR
•AC130
•B52
FACTOR WEATHER INTO
THE PLANNING
GRID 1
GRID 2
GRID 3
Army Support
• Division send down Tasking Prior to Op
• Brigade Combat Team breaks down
mission
• Weather at BCT advises Intel, Operations,
Logistics on weather impacts
• Missions sent down to Battalion,
Company, Platoon Level
Iraqi AF
Weather
The IMO
Special Operations Weather
Team
TOP SECRET
There are fewer than 100 special operations weather technicians
assigned to the 10th Combat Weather Squadron at Hurlburt Field,
Fla. Most are stationed at different special operations
detachments around the world.
Training starts with a two-week Special Operations Weather
Selection Course at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas.
Then airmen must complete the 30-week Special Operations
Weather Initial Skills Course at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss.
Three-week Army Airborne School at Fort Benning, Ga.
2½-week Air Force Basic Survival School at Fairchild Air Force
Base, WA
One-day Air Force Underwater Egress Training course at Fairchild
13-week Special Operations Weather Apprentice Course at Pope
Air Force Base, N.C.
12- to 15-month Special Tactics Advanced Skill Training program
at Hurlburt.
AFSC 15W1, Weather Officer
• Education. The following education is
mandatory for entry into the AFSC indicated:
• 15W1.
• Completion of 24 semester hours of collegelevel courses in meteorology
– including 6 semester hours of dynamic meteorology
– 6 semester hours of analysis and prediction of
weather systems (synoptic/mesoscale)
– Also, undergraduate academic specialization in
meteorology or atmospheric science is desirable.