Weather Watch

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  • By Senior Airman Chris Willis
  • 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany --  The 21st Operational Weather Squadron's mission is to provide commanders and operators with highly accurate, timely and relevant environmental situational awareness in support of U.S. Air Force, Joint and Combined operations across the U.S. European Command and U.S. Africa Command areas of responsibility.

Training is critical to the 21st OWS due to all new weather forecasters, enlisted and officer, coming to the OWS as their first weather assignment directly from technical training. They train the Air Force weather's future leaders through a robust, comprehensive program focused on military professionalism, meteorology and its operational impact.

The 21st OWS operates with more than 200 assigned personnel providing routine flight weather briefings for senior weather leaders along with five day forecasts to help keep more than 50K personnel informed of expected weather conditions and aid in protecting over $30 billion worth of DoD assets.