Location
Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel, Columbia/ Enterprise Rooms
Start Date
25-4-1995 2:00 PM
End Date
25-4-1995 5:00 PM
Description
Starting in 1973, the DoD space weather support mission moved to the Air Force Global Weather Central (AFGWC), located at Offiatt AFB, Nebraska. Use of the AFGWC computer facilities greatly enhanced the capability of AWS to process space environmental data from satellites and ground sites and exploit a variety of measurements, techniques, and newlydeveloped, first-generation space environmental models. In 1992, AWS established a new space weather support facility, the Air Force Space Forecast Center (AFSFC) at Falcon AFB, Colorado. State-of-the-art computer hardware and software, an immense variety of incoming space environmental data, a sophisticated on-site, real-time communication network, and highly-trained Air Force personnel were combined to form the most comprehensive space weather support facility in the world. Operational control of the AFSFC was shifted to Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) in October 1994, and the facility was renamed the 50th Weather Squadron (50 WS). 50 WS is the sole source of dedicated space-environmental support to all US military branches.
Paper Session I-B - USAF Space Weather Support
Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel, Columbia/ Enterprise Rooms
Starting in 1973, the DoD space weather support mission moved to the Air Force Global Weather Central (AFGWC), located at Offiatt AFB, Nebraska. Use of the AFGWC computer facilities greatly enhanced the capability of AWS to process space environmental data from satellites and ground sites and exploit a variety of measurements, techniques, and newlydeveloped, first-generation space environmental models. In 1992, AWS established a new space weather support facility, the Air Force Space Forecast Center (AFSFC) at Falcon AFB, Colorado. State-of-the-art computer hardware and software, an immense variety of incoming space environmental data, a sophisticated on-site, real-time communication network, and highly-trained Air Force personnel were combined to form the most comprehensive space weather support facility in the world. Operational control of the AFSFC was shifted to Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) in October 1994, and the facility was renamed the 50th Weather Squadron (50 WS). 50 WS is the sole source of dedicated space-environmental support to all US military branches.
Comments
World Peace through Vigilance and Diligence
Session Chairman: Timothy J. McMahon, Deputy Director of Operations, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, CO
Session Organizer: Laurie Jordan