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Individuals in the Weather career field collect, analyze, predict, tailor, and integrate weather and space environmental information, including forecasts of conditions, to provide decision-quality information on environmental impacts to Air Force, Army, Joint and Coalition operations. They operate meteorological equipment and employ computer workstations to interrogate current and forecast atmospheric and space weather conditions based on observations, terrestrial and space sensing instruments, weather radars, data and imagery from geostationary and polar orbiting satellites, and forecast data provided by military, national, and international weather centers. Air Force weather personnel are attached or assigned to Air Force, Army, Joint, or coalition conventional and special operations at garrison and expeditionary locations worldwide. Qualified volunteers may perform airborne and special operations duty in this career field. Weather is a Battlefield Airman (BA) career field according to AFPD 10-35, Battlefield Airmen.

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1W0X2 - Special Operations Weather

Written by Richard Morgan Published in 1W - Weather

Specialty Summary. Performs, plans, leads, supervises, instructs, and evaluates Special Operations Weather Teams. May be employed alone or as part of an Air Force, joint, interagency or coalition force, to support Combatant Commander’s objectives and may operate under austere conditions for extended periods. Capable of operating in the six geographic disciplines: mountain, desert, arctic, urban, jungle and water, day or night, to include friendly, denied, hostile, or sensitive areas. Provides tactical-level intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance to enable decision superiority and application of airpower across the full spectrum of military operations. Performs and manages the collection, analysis, and forecast of meteorological, oceanographic and space environmental conditions. Tailors forecast information for integration into military decision-making and intelligence preparation of the battlespace activities.

1W0X1 - Weather

Written by Richard Morgan Published in 1W - Weather

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Specialty Summary. Performs and manages the collection, analysis, and forecast of atmospheric weather and space environmental conditions to enable decision superiority and application of land, air, space and cyberspace power across the full spectrum of military operations.