List of United States Air Force weather squadrons
The United States Air Force has several types of weather squadrons.
Weather Squadrons
| Squadron | Shield | Location | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Weather Squadron |  | Fort Lewis | |
| 2d Weather Squadron |  | Offutt AFB | |
| 3d Weather Squadron |  | Fort Hood | Aligned with the III Corps, (US Army). Usually recognized as being less tactically proficient than the 18th Weather Squadron. |
| 4th Weather Squadron | Maxwell AFB | ||
| 5th Weather Squadron | Units active during Vietnam War | ||
| 6th Weather Squadron (Mobile) | Tinker AFB | ||
| 7th Weather Squadron |  | Lucius D. Clay Kaserne | |
| 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 April 1, 1996 |
| 11th Weather Squadron | |||
| 12th Weather Squadron | |||
| 13th Weather Squadron | |||
| 14th Weather Squadron |  | Asheville, North Carolina | |
| 15th Weather Squadron | |||
| 16th Weather Squadron | Offutt AFB | ||
| 17th Weather Squadron | Hickam AFB | Redesignated 17 OWS | |
| 18th Weather Squadron | Fort Bragg, North Carolina | The One-Eight. Aligned with the XVIII Airborne Corps, (US Army) | |
| 19th Expeditionary Weather Squadron[1] |  | 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, Big Spring Texas (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 HQ Sembach AB | USAFE stations under 2nd Weather Wing | |
| 32d Weather Squadron | |||
| 33d Weather Squadron | |||
| 35th Weather Squadron | |||
| 45th Weather Squadron |  | Patrick AFB, Florida | Performs weather assessments for Shuttle launches at Kennedy Space Center |
| 46th Weather Squadron |  | Eglin AFB, Florida | |
| 88th Weather Squadron |  | Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio | |
| 607th Weather Squadron |  | Yongsan Garrison, South Korea |
Operational Weather Squadrons
| Squadron | Shield | Location | Nickname | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | "Geckos" | |
| 20th Operational Weather Squadron |  | Yokota AB | "Samurais" | Inactivated April 2006; operations consolidated with 17th OWS [2] |
| 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 | "Owls" |
Weather Reconnaissance Squadrons
Miscellaneous Weather Squadrons
| Squadron | Shield | Location | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
See also
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