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  • Airman showing young girl a paper airplane.

    Weather Airmen share mission at Rose Bowl event

    As people prepared to celebrate the New Year’s holiday, five Airmen from units across the 557th Weather Wing journeyed to Pasadena, California. Their mission was to tell the Air Force Weather story at Live on Green!, a free entertainment and education event that precedes the annual Rose Parade and Rose Bowl football game.
  • Texas Guard rescues in Houston

    Another 1,000 Texas Guard members deployed to assist Tropical Storm Harvey response

    WASHINGTON — Weather forecasters are saying the remnants of Hurricane Harvey are causing "catastrophic flooding" in Southeastern Texas, as about 3,000 Texas National Guard and Texas State Guard members have been called up to help their fellow citizens, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Sunday.
  • Matthew Morgan, a grounds maintenance crewman, removes a tree from a garage behind General Rows on Offutt AFB, Neb., June 20. A fast moving storm with driving rain, high winds and two confirmed tornadoes caused significant damage to the base on June 16. Property damage occurred to various facilities, homes and some aircraft, but no base personnel were injured. The storm also damaged many trees and caused wide-spread power outages. Base officials estimate it could take months before the entire base is fully repaired. (U.S. Air Force photo by Charles Haymond)

    Team Offutt cleans up after powerful storm hits base

    Offutt made significant progress in cleanup efforts following a powerful storm that moved through the base June 16 inflicting damage to buildings, trees and aircraft.
  • A volunteer climbs to the top of a pile of debris left in the wake of a tornado, Jan. 28, 2017, in Adel, Ga. The tornado killed 15 people and was later deemed an EF3, the strongest tornado to touch down in the county’s history. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2d Lt. Kaitlin Toner)

    Moody volunteers aid tornado relief efforts

    Airmen from Moody Air Force Base, Ga. teamed up with numerous community organizations and hundreds of other volunteers to aid in tornado relief efforts Jan. 28, in Adel. The tornado killed 15 people and was later confirmed by the National Weather Service an EF3 on the Enhanced Fujita scale, which is a tornado with wind gusts between 136 and 165 mph.
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