557th Weather Wing
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 Weather technician analyzes cloud bases for Southwest Asia at Offutt Air Force Base | |
| Active | 13 April 1943 – present (81 years, 6 months) |
| Country |  United States |
| Branch |  United States Air Force |
| Role | Weather observation, reporting and analysis |
| Part of | Air Combat Command |
| Garrison/HQ | Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska |
| Motto(s) | Coelum Ad Proelium Elige (Latin for 'Choose the Weather for Battle')[1] |
| Decorations | Air Force Organizational Excellence Award |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander | Col. Bradley J. Stebbins[2] |
| Insignia | |
| 557th Weather Wing emblem[a][3] |  |
The 557th Weather Wing is a United States Air Force formation and its lead military meteorology center. It reports environmental situational awareness worldwide to the Air Force, the United States Army, joint warfighters, Unified Combatant Commands, the national intelligence community, and the Secretary of Defense. It is headquartered at Offutt Air Force Base, in Bellevue, Nebraska.
The wing and subordinate weather squadrons collect, analyze, and generate a comprehensive weather database of forecast, climatological, and space weather products.
- ^ Blake, SSG Rachelle (30 March 2015). "AFWA redesignated as 557th Weather Wing". Air Combat Command Public Affairs. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
- ^ "557th Weather Wing Fact Sheets". Retrieved 12 August 2020.
- ^ Haulman, Daniel L. (9 June 2015). "Factsheet 557 Weather Wing (ACC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
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