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  • 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.
  • Staff Sgt. Kassandra Johnson, 2nd Systems Operations Squadron NCO in charge, Data Routing Team, and Mark Ducommun, an engineer, pose for a photo with their app, Home One, at the Pivotal Labs office in Chicago, Illinois, October 5, 2018. Cyber Airmen from the 557th Weather Wing have been working with innovative companies to develop software that can increase efficiency for the Air Force. (Courtesy Photo)

    Cyber Airmen “fuel” innovation

    Cyber Airmen assigned to the 557th Weather Wing recently teamed together with the Defense Innovation Unit program making changes to how airborne tankers are scheduled. The changes are the direct result of a March 8, 2018, memo from Gen. Mike Holmes, commander of Air Combat Command, where he stated, “bringing the future faster requires both expanding our culture of innovation and balancing prudent risk acceptance with agile reaction.” That is the goal of the Defense Innovation Unit where members of the military partner with companies that specialize in fields such as artificial intelligence and information technology, to find new solutions to complex problems.
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