List of United States Air Force weather squadrons

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

Weather Squadrons

Squadron	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
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
11th Weather Squadron
12th Weather Squadron
13th Expeditionary Combat Weather Squadron		Redesignated from 13th Weather Squadron and reactivated in 2021.
13th Weather Squadron		Inactivated in 1951.
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	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

Squadron	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	"Fighting Geckos"
20th Operational Weather Squadron	Yokota AB	"Samurais"	Inactivated April 2006; operations consolidated with 17th OWS
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

Main article: List of United States Air Force weather reconnaissance squadrons

Miscellaneous Weather Squadrons

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

References

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

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