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Overview AFWA Mission and Organization AFWA’s Unique DoD Missions Back-up for COPC Partners Data Sharing with COPC Partners

HH-60 / Pararescue Mission AFWA Mission/Vision Mission: Maximizing America’s Power through the Exploitation of Timely, Accurate, and Relevant Weather Information; Anytime, Everywhere C-17 HH-60 / Pararescue Mission in Afghanistan F-22 Atlas V EELV Launch Vision: World Class Airmen, Delivering Innovative and Leading-Edge Weather Capabilities to Win the Fight...Today and Tomorrow.

AFWA Organizational Structure Contractors Offutt AFB FOA Commander Offutt AFB, NE 3 / 2 / 2 / 7 1109 Authorizations 16 GSUs A3 Offutt AFB 10 / 27 / 17 / 54 A5/8 Offutt AFB 13 / 10 / 27 / 50 A6 Offutt AFB 0 / 12 / 17 / 29 CC Staff: DP, DS, FM, IG Offutt AFB 1 / 6 / 15 / 22 1st Weather Group Offutt AFB 37 / 386 / 56 / 479 (876) Contractors Offutt AFB 202 2nd Weather Group Offutt AFB 32 / 259 / 176 / 467 15 OWS Scott AFB, IL 10 / 111 / 14 / 135 25 OWS D-M AFB, AZ 10 / 120 / 14 / 144 14 WS Asheville, NC 5 / 28 / 25 / 58 2 WS Offutt AFB 10 / 125 / 14 / 149 OL-K (ROC) Norman, OK 3 / 4 / 11 / 19 26 OWS Barksdale AFB, LA 11 / 148 / 15 / 174 2 CWSS Hurlburt Fld, FL 3 / 45 / 1 / 49 16 WS Offutt AFB 10 / 13 / 32 / 55 17 OWS JB Hickam, HI 13 / 107 / 17 / 137 PAD 14-03 28 OWS Shaw AFB, SC 9 / 56 / 10 / 75 2 SYOS Offutt AFB 2 / 45 / 101 / 148 21 OWS Kapaun AS, GE 13 / 139 / 2 / 154 612 SPTS/OWF D-M AFB, AZ 3 / 27 / 0 / 30

AFWA Organizational Structure

Vice CSAF Memo, 3 Oct 14 Develop a program action directive (PAD) to realign the Air Force Weather Agency (AFWA), a FOA of AF/A3/5, to Air Combat Command and re-designate it as 557th Weather Wing. Prior to re-alignment, select AFWA resources will be realigned to AFMC, AFSPC, and AETC via Memoranda of Agreement to support the transfer of acquisition and training missions from AFWA to the respective MAJCOMs. PAD will be completed no later than 1 Jan 2015. Tasked organization: AF/A3/5 (PAD 14-03) Effective date: as specified in PAD 6

Air Force Weather Agency Reorganization Headquarters Air Force Air Combat Command Air Force Weather Agency Strategic Policy Interagency Coordination Lead Command Management of Weather Equipment New Requirements Generation Planning, Programming, Budget and Execution Development and Acquisition of New Weather Systems Air Force Weather Training Operational Weather Squadrons High Performance Computing Modeling and Simulation Space Weather Analysis and Forecasting Climate Services Weather Observation Assimilation and Dissemination AF Life Cycle Management Center Air Education & Training Command

Air Force Weather Agency Reorganization Headquarters Air Force Strategic Policy Interagency Coordination Air Combat Command Lead Command Management of Weather Equipment New Requirements Generation Planning, Programming, Budget and Execution 557th Weather Wing (Specialized Mission Wing) Operational Weather Squadrons High Performance Computing Modeling and Simulation Space Weather Analysis and Forecasting Climate Services Weather Observation Assimilation and Dissemination 12 AF Air Force Weather Agency Air Education &Training Command Air Force Weather Training AF Life Cycle Management Center Development, Acquisition, and Sustainment of Weather Systems

Air Force Weather Agency Reorganization 557th Weather Wing 12 AF Air Combat Command Headquarters Air Force Department of Defense

AFWA’s Unique DoD Missions 24/7 operational support for Intelligence Community Global cloud analysis and forecast modeling Global meso-scale NWP for USAF & US Army ops Operate global network of solar observatories Holloman, Learmonth, San Vito, Kaena Point, Sagamore Hill Generate 24/7 space environment analyses and forecasts for: JSpOC, NORAD, Space Operators, DoD HF and GPS users DoD mission tailored analyses, alerts, and warnings USAF/DoD’s forecast center for airborne volcanic ash products to include text advisories and graphical products USAF/DoD’s climate monitoring, analysis, and prediction Global snow cover/snow depth analyses American Forces Network (AFN) Weather Center Produce shows tailored to DoD/DoS deployed/stationed OCONUS 10

Backup with COPC Partners – FY 14 Storm Prediction Center/Aviation Weather Center (AWC) Backup provided by 15 OWS (Scott AFB, IL) SPC real world backups in past year – 1 (3 stand-by instances) AWC real world backups in past year – 0 Live backup tests – 5 (3 for AWC, 2 for SPC) AWC COOP at AFWA – Annual, Jan 14 (1 shift; four people) Space Weather Prediction Center (bi-directional backup) Backup provided by 2 WS (Offutt AFB); liaison officer w/in SWPC Real world backups in past year – 4; successful backup exercises – 0 NESDIS – Washington Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Backup provided by 2 WS (Offutt AFB, NE) Real world backups in past year – 3; successful backup exercises – 12 11

Data Sharing with COPC Partners – FY 14 Telecommunications Operations Center (TOC) AFWA provides military obs (if on the releasable list), TAFs, and bulletins TOC provides WMO obs, TAFs, bulletins, RAOBs, aircraft reports, and NEXRAD Level 2 / Level 3 data TOC provides failover of Circuit 78Y2 (A/N) if primary COPC comm fails; occurred twice this year for total of 5 days NCEP AFWA provides CONUS / NH ensembles to the Weather Prediction Center WWMCA cloud model analysis to the Environmental Modeling Center for cloud verification GEPS post-processed ensemble members NCEP provides GFS, NAM, NUOPC global ensemble members 12

Data Sharing with COPC Partners – FY 14 NESDIS AFWA provides WWMCA, SnowDepth, and SSM/I AFWA provides DMSP support to the Satellite Operations Control Center Planning, launch, and early orbit testing for F19 NESDIS provides S-NPP/JPSS data; Aqua and Terra MODIS METOP A and B; NOAA 15/16/18, and 19 MTSAT; Meteosat 7; and GOES E/W and Nrn/Srn hemisphere winds NOAA polar orbiting scheduling text files DMSP data collection/delivery above 99% mission success rate 13

Data Sharing with COPC Partners – FY 14 FNMOC AFWA data shipped to FNMOC NESDIS’ S-NPP Data and Feature Track Winds DMSP data and scheduling text files Alphanumeric observational data 20km MEPS ensemble data and WWMCA cloud model analysis FNMOC data shipped to AFWA NAVGEM, SST, and Wave Watch 3 model data Processed SSM/I data NAVO AFWA relays observations and S-NPP data 14

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