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Technical Sergeant Justin Guerra of the 21st OWS at the Ramstein Air Base in Germany. 21st Operational Weather Squadron's manning consists of active duty, civilian and contract personnel and is located on Kapaun Air Station, Germany, as an Air Combat Command tenant unit of Ramstein Air Base, Germany .
Squadron Shield Location Nickname Notes 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 ...
The 21st Operational Weather Squadron provides weather support for all US Air Force and Army in the European and Africa (USAFE) Commands. Sembach Air Station, Germany , Headquarters USAFE (1 December 1997 – 23 April 2012) [ 9 ]
The 1st through 25th Infantry Divisions, excepting the 10th Mountain Division, were raised in the Regular Army or the Army of the United States prior to American involvement in World War II. Because of funding cuts, in September 1921, the 4th through 9th Infantry Divisions were mostly inactivated.
The 1st Weather Group (1 WXG) is a group of the United States Air Force.It oversees all six operational weather squadrons; the 15th OWS at Scott AFB, Ill.; the 17th OWS at Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam, Hawaii; the 21st OWS at Kapaun Air Station, Germany; the 25th OWS at Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz.; the 26th OWS at Barksdale AFB, La.; and the 28th OWS at Shaw AFB, SC.
The US 17th Airborne Division also took part in the Rhine crossings as part of Operation Varsity in March 1945. In April and May 1945, the US XVIII Airborne Corps, with the US 8th Infantry Division, 82nd Airborne Division and 7th Armored Divisions, was attached to the 21st Army Group for the drive from the Elbe to the Baltic Sea.
The history of XXI Bomber Command terminated on 16 July 1945. On that date the command was redesignated Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Twentieth Air Force. This redesignation brought to an end the XXI Bomber Command as a separate establishment, as it was absorbed into the internal organizational structure of Twentieth Air Force and was ...
The 557th Weather Wing is a United States Air Force formation and its lead military meteorology center. It reports environmental situational awareness worldwide to the Air Force, the United States Army, joint warfighters, Unified Combatant Commands, the national intelligence community, and the Secretary of Defense.