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  • Tech. Sgt. Matthew O'Neill working at a computer.

    557th WW integrating with 16th AF missions

    The 557th Weather Wing is working to integrate its strengths into the recently formed 16th Air Force, which brought intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, cyber, electronic warfare, information operations and weather all under one roof. Integration is a key theme for the Air Force’s first information warfare numbered air force.
  • Airmen from the 16th Weather Squadron test software written as part of Exercise Adaptive Lightning 19, Task Force Bat Phone, at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, Feb. 26, 2019. Task Force Bat Phone is a 2nd Weather Group project that uses off-the-shelf technology combined with rapid development techniques to deliver new communication capabilities to deployed forecasters in contested, degraded or operationally-limited environments. (U.S. Air Force photo by Paul Shirk)

    2nd WXG innovations: Task Force Bat Phone delivers data Airmen need

    This is the second part of a series highlighting innovations by the 557th Weather Wing’s 2nd Weather Group. Using off-the-shelf components, new processes and a little inspiration from Batman, a group of innovative Airmen from the 557th Weather Wing’s 2nd Weather Group are changing how information is transmitted in the field.
  • Airmen from the 557th Weather Wing (WW) departing for the Individual Protection Equipment office at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, to receive mobility bags as part of Exercise Winter Havoc Jan. 29, 2019. The 557th WW participated in its first mass readiness exercise with the 55th Wing since the weather wing’s creation in 2015. (U.S. Air Force photo by Paul Shirk)

    557th WW joins 55th WG for Winter Havoc

    The 557th Weather Wing joined the 55th Wing, Offutt Air Force Base’s host wing, for the Operational Readiness Exercise Winter Havoc. Twenty-one Airmen from the 2nd Systems Operations Squadron, 2nd Weather Squadron and 16th Weather Squadron joined approximately 600 other Offutt AFB Airmen for the late January exercise, marking the first time the wing has partnered with the 55th WG for a mass readiness exercise since the 557th WW’s creation in 2015. “The 557 WW demonstrated its capability to deliver ready weather and cyber forces in support of multi-domain operations against any adversary across the entire spectrum of conflict,” said Lt Col. Kenneth Roberts, 2nd Weather Support Squadron commander and 557th WW Crisis Action Team representative for the exercise. This first phase of the exercise focused on pre-deployment preparations, getting Airmen ready to deploy and moving cargo. Phase two will continue in the spring.
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