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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 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.
On 1 October 2003, the 21st Air Force was redesignated as the 21st Expeditionary Mobility Task Force and given a new mission set as a component of the Eighteenth Air Force. [2] In this capacity, the organization supported United States Joint Forces Command , United States European Command , and United States Central Command .
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.
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.
11th Guards Rifle Division; 11th Operational Weather Squadron; 12th Air Corps (Germany) 12th Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union) 12th Operations Group; 12th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht) 12th U-boat Flotilla; 13 Defence Battery, Royal Malta Artillery; 13 JG 52; 13th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion (United States) 13th Light Bomber Squadron
The seizure of Saipan enabled invasions of Guam and Tinian to proceed, which were attacked on 21 and 24 July respectively. The Marine Corps and the United States Army 77th Infantry Division's 305th Regimental Combat Team landed on Guam. By 10 August the island was secured. Tinian was assaulted on 24 July, and by 1 August it was secured. [2]