9th Operational Weather Squadron

9th Operational Weather Squadron emblem
Active 2006- 31 May 2008
Country United States
Branch United States Air Force
Part of 1st Weather Group
Garrison/HQ Shaw AFB, SC
Mascot(s) Hurricanes

The 9th Operational Weather Squadron (9 OWS), based out of Shaw AFB, SC, was the Squadron responsible for weather prediction in the Southeastern United States. It was split from the 28th Operational Weather Squadron in 2006. The 9 OWS inactivated on 31 May 2008 and merged with the 26th Operational Weather Squadron located on Barksdale AFB, Louisiana.

Mission

The 9th Operational Weather Squadron was responsible for producing and disseminating mission planning and execution weather analyses, forecasts, and briefings for Air Force, Army, Navy, Marines, Guard, Reserve, USSTRATCOM, and USNORTHCOM forces operating at 40 installations/sites in a 4 state region of the Southeastern United States.

The 9th weather squadron was responsible for base or post forecasting, developing weather products, briefing transient aircrews, and weather warnings for all of their geographical units. Using automatic observing systems located at all military installations and communicating with their combat weather flights, the squadron was able to 'watch' the weather in their entire area of responsibility from one central location.

Cold War History

For much of the Cold War, the 9th Weather Squadron was based at March AFB, California. The squadron oversaw weather detachments at 15th Air Force bases of the Strategic Air Command primarily in the western United States. It was inactivated in 1991 as part of a larger Air Force reorganization.[1]

History as an Operational Weather Squadron

On 20 July 2006, the 28th Operational Weather Squadron was split into the USCENTCOM which would stay the 28th Operational Weather Squadron, and the 9th Operational Weather Squadron was reactivated, which would continue the CONUS based operations. The squadron was inactivated in 2008.

Personnel and resources

9th Operational Weather Squadron’s manning consisted of active duty, reserve, civilian and contract personnel and was located on Shaw Air Force Base, SC., under the 1st Weather Group, Offutt Air Force Base, NE.

Emblem

Against the background of blue, which depicts the sky, the primary theater of Air Force operations, the directional arrowhead represents thewwzwswz5 three main air routes served a2 the unit when it was organiszaazed in 1942. The stars allude a the squadron’s mission of support for multiple unified commanqds and military installations in the Southeastern United States, with the number of st3ars indicating its numerical designation, the large star denoting its Air Force Outstanding Unit Award. The three-cup anemometer is emblematic of the weather mission. The hurricane sz represents the tropics, thes unit’s first area of operations and the most severe 44we t2hat threatens its area of operation. The emblem bears the national colors of red, white, and blue and the Air Force colors of golden yellow and ultramarine blue.[2]

Lineage

Activated on 17 July 1942
Inactivated on 30 June 1972
Activated on 1 January 1975
Inactivated on 15 July 1992
Activated on 20 Jul 2006
Inactivated on 24 June 2008

Assignments

Stations

See also

References

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