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  • Forecasting the Mission: 86th weather Airmen ensure safe skies

    Kaleidoscopic radars flicker across glowing screens as weather patterns shift across Europe. Prior to aircraft taxiing onto the runway, Airmen assigned to the 86th Operations Support Squadron weather flight are already collecting data that will shape the mission.

  • Aircraft simulator keeps aircrew ready, lethal

    Engine two has caught fire and engine three is hanging on by a thread. Aircrew tries to alleviate the situation. The fire goes out and the crew brings the C-130J Super Hercules aircraft in for landing. It is a struggle to keep control as the heavy plane comes in. Cross winds and inclement weather