SSgt Private RallyPoint Member 547348 <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-30556"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fdid-you-know-the-air-force-weather-agency-is-changing%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Did+you+know+the+Air+Force+Weather+Agency+is+changing%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fdid-you-know-the-air-force-weather-agency-is-changing&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0ADid you know the Air Force Weather Agency is changing?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/did-you-know-the-air-force-weather-agency-is-changing" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="a06c7431c3a3288d7561acc04d053c9d" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/030/556/for_gallery_v2/AFG-150317-005.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/030/556/large_v3/AFG-150317-005.jpg" alt="Afg 150317 005" /></a></div></div><a target="_blank" href="http://www.afweather.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123441983">http://www.afweather.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123441983</a><br /><br />The Air Force and Weather (WX) has enjoyed a long history and has changed with the times. The 557th Weather Wing will be the new designation and there will be an additional 400 personnel <br /><br />I am not in total agreement with some of these changes particularly the loss of ROS sites. These sites are now automated with a corresponding degradation of weather observations. Hopefully this will be fixed one day.<br /> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images//qrc/557th_20ww.jpg?1443036665&amp;picture_id="> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.afweather.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123441983">557th Weather Wing - Home</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description"></p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> 2015-03-23T18:08:17-04:00 SSgt Private RallyPoint Member 547348

<div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-30556"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fdid-you-know-the-air-force-weather-agency-is-changing%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Did+you+know+the+Air+Force+Weather+Agency+is+changing%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fdid-you-know-the-air-force-weather-agency-is-changing&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0ADid you know the Air Force Weather Agency is changing?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/did-you-know-the-air-force-weather-agency-is-changing" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="f44a33e0acc04381faa8e7793893ef69" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/030/556/for_gallery_v2/AFG-150317-005.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/030/556/large_v3/AFG-150317-005.jpg" alt="Afg 150317 005" /></a></div></div><a target="_blank" href="http://www.afweather.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123441983">http://www.afweather.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123441983</a><br /><br />The Air Force and Weather (WX) has enjoyed a long history and has changed with the times. The 557th Weather Wing will be the new designation and there will be an additional 400 personnel <br /><br />I am not in total agreement with some of these changes particularly the loss of ROS sites. These sites are now automated with a corresponding degradation of weather observations. Hopefully this will be fixed one day.<br /> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images//qrc/557th_20ww.jpg?1443036665&amp;picture_id="> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.afweather.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123441983">557th Weather Wing - Home</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description"></p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div>

2015-03-23T18:08:17-04:00 2015-03-23T18:08:17-04:00 CPT Richard Riley 547630

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I only know because <a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="22186" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/22186-1w0x1-weather">SSgt Private RallyPoint Member</a> just told me ... :)

2015-03-23T20:31:41-04:00 2015-03-23T20:31:41-04:00 SFC Mark Merino 547950

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I love the Air Force weather service! "Partly cloudy, with a chance of JDAM's in the CENTCOM AOR."

2015-03-23T23:59:29-04:00 2015-03-23T23:59:29-04:00 TSgt Private RallyPoint Member 547986

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I've heard and am seeing the progress of how we're getting rid of the HUB system and will be training future 3-lvls at our respective "forward observing" locations.

2015-03-24T00:21:54-04:00 2015-03-24T00:21:54-04:00 2015-03-23T18:08:17-04:00