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  • Staff Sgt. Kalynn Mitchell using a sewing machine.

    Made with love in Australia by a 2nd WS Airman

    A 2nd Weather Squadron Airman stationed in Australia is crafting hope in her local community in the midst of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. Staff Sgt. Kalynn Mitchell, a 2nd WS solar analyst at Learmonth Solar Observatory in Exmouth, Western Australia, is using her sewing machine and fabric from a local hardware store to create face masks for medical workers and others at risk in the community.
  • Airmen from 2nd Weather Squadron’s Detachment 1 march with members of the Royal Australian Air Force and Australian veterans during ANZAC Day ceremonies at Exmouth, Western Australia, April 25, 2019. The Detachment 1 Airmen recently celebrated the observatory’s 40th anniversary of operation, which is jointly operated by the U.S. Air Force and the Australian Bureau of Meteorology’s Space Weather Services. ANZAC Day marks the entry of Australia and New Zealand into World War I. (Courtesy photo)

    ACC Airmen performing space mission in Australia celebrate 40 years

    The Learmonth Solar Observatory celebrated its 40th anniversary April 27, 2019, at Learmonth, Western Australia, giving solar immersion briefings at the facility and holding a partnership barbecue. The observatory is operated jointly by 2nd Weather Squadron’s Detachment 1 and the Australian Bureau of Meteorology’s Space Weather Services. Learmonth is one of five solar observatories around the world maintained by the 2nd WS.
  • 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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