The
United States Air Force
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army S ...
's 1st Combat Weather Squadron is a weather unit located at
Fort Lewis Fort Lewis may refer to:
*Fort Lewis (Colorado), a former United States Army post (1878–1891) in the U.S. State of Colorado
**Fort Lewis College, a college in the Durango, Colorado, United States
**Fort Lewis Skyhawks, athletic teams of Fort Lewi ...
, Washington.
The squadron is connected to the
1st Air Support Operations Group
The United States Air Force's 1st Air Support Operations Group is a combat support unit located at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. The group provides tactical command and control of airpower assets to the Joint Forces Air Component Comman ...
and it provides support to units based at
Joint Base Lewis–McChord
Joint Base Lewis–McChord (JBLM) is a U.S. military installation home to I Corps and 62nd Airlift Wing located south-southwest of Tacoma, Washington under the jurisdiction of the United States Army Joint Base Headquarters, Joint Base Lewis–M ...
, including
I Corps, the
Stryker brigades, an
army aviation
An army aviation unit is an aviation-related unit of a nation's army, sometimes described as an air corps. These units are generally separate from a nation's dedicated air force, and usually comprise helicopters and light support fixed-wing air ...
unit, the
16th Combat Aviation Brigade
The 16th Combat Aviation Brigade is a Combat Aviation Brigade of the United States Army. It is subordinate to 7th Infantry Division and I Corps and based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM).
Structure
The 16th Combat Aviation Brigade currently ...
, and the
201st Expeditionary Military Intelligence Brigade
The 201st Expeditionary Military Intelligence Brigade is located at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. The 201st was originally named the 201st Military Intelligence Brigade and on 3 July 2008 it b