Saturday, July 20, 2013

Air National Guard weather specialists provide the climate scoop




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Air National Guard weather specialists provide the climate scoop



by 1st Lt. Brandy Fultz181st Intelligence Wing 7/19/2013 - ALPENA, Mich. -- "Are we flying? Is the evening softball game still on? Can we golf this weekend?"Many may not be aware, but the 181st Intelligence Wing has a talented group of Airmen, the 113th Weather Flight, who play a crucial role in predicting the weather and its outcome on the mission, morale and other activities.During annual field training with the 181st IW in Alpena, Mich., members of the weather flight provided vital forecast information to the Michigan Civil Air Patrol, and intelligence wing members conducting domestic operations, incident awareness and assessment training.The annual training focused on providing analysis and imagery to civilian first responders in the event of a natural disaster or catastrophe."We are providing weather briefings to the pilots as they do their missions, and also we are doing resource protection for the entire base," said Tech.






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