[Milsurplus] WWII weather reporting info links

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http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ohx/educate/atc/ww1.htm

http://www.uscg.mil/History/webcutters/rpdinsmore_oceanstations.html

http://www.history.noaa.gov/stories_tales/bur17.html
http://www.ibiblio.net/hyperwar/AAF/VII/AAF-VII-12.html

(the last one has great AAF weather info)

AIR FORCE WEATHER AGENCY
Air Force Weather Agency is a field operating agency reporting to the 
Headquarters Air Force Director of Weather, Deputy Chief of Staff Air and Space 
Operations. It was formed October 15, 1997, and has its headquarters at Offutt Air 
Force Base, Neb. 
AFWA traces its heritage to the organization of the Meteorological Service of 
the Signal Corps during World War I. On July 1, 1937, the Secretary of War 
transferred responsibility for weather services to the Army Air Corps. The 
official lineage of AFWA began April 14, 1943, when the Army Air Forces organized 
and activated the Weather Wing, which quickly established itself at Asheville, 
N.C. In 1945, the Army Air Forces redesignated the Weather Wing the Army Air 
Forces Weather Service and in early 1946, the service moved to Langley Field, 
Va. On March 13, 1946, it was redesignated the Air Weather Service and assigned 
to the Air Transport Command, followed soon thereafter with a move to 
Gravelly Point, Va.

With the formation of the United States Air Force in 1947, Air Weather 
Service assumed the responsibility of worldwide weather reporting and forecasting 
for both the Air Force and the Army. In 1948, Air Weather Service moved to 
Andrews AFB, Md., and was assigned to the newly activated Military Air Transport 
Service, which was later redesignated Military Airlift Command. Air Weather 
Service relocated to Scott AFB, Ill., in 1958, where it remained for nearly four 
decades.

The Air Force designated Air Weather Service a field operating agency and 
re-assigned it to Headquarters United States Air Force in 1991. On Oct. 15, 1997, 
Air Weather Service was redesignated the Air Force Weather Agency and 
relocated to Offutt AFB, Neb.
    
    
    
    
    
    




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