557th Weather Wing, US Air Force

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557TH WEATHER WING, US AIR FORCE

History: Established as Weather Wing, Flight Control Command on 13 Apr 1943. Activated on 14 Apr 1943. Redesignated as: Army Air Forces Weather Wing on 6 Jul 1943; Army Air Forces Weather Service on 1 Jul 1945; Air Weather Service on 13 Mar 1946. Status changed to a Field Operating Agency on 1 Apr 1991. Redesignated as Air Force Weather Agency on 15 Oct 1997; 557 Weather Wing with a change in status to subordinate unit on 27 Mar 2015.

Coat of arms (crest) of the 557th Weather Wing, US Air Force
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Origin/meaning

Unofficially adopted by organization c. 1943; officially approved for this organization on 24 Jul 1952; latest rendering, 29 Mar 2023.

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