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Computer made/mounted on velcro 3.5 inch-90mm
21st OPERATIONAL WEATHER SQUADRON
The 21st Operational Weather Squadron assigned to 557th Weather Wing stationed at Kapaun Air Station, Germany provides environmental intelligence to Air Force, Navy, and Army Commanders operating in US Africa Command and US European Command in partnership with NATO and is responsible for producing and disseminating mission planning and execution weather analyses, terminal aerodrome forecasts, and briefings for Air Force, Army, SHAPE, EUCOM, USAFE, USAREUR, SOCEUR, and NAVEUR forces.
The 21 OWS is also home to Fleet Weather Center Aviation Detachment-Germany and its team of Sailors who are fully integrated into the joint operations center and is the only OWS that maintains a Mark IVB ground station which ingests all METSAT data over the Southwest Asia Theater of operations.
Also, the 21 OWS is responsible for inserting weather data for Southwest Asia produced by other Operational Weather Squadrons into the NATO Automated Meteorological Information System data stream for use by NATO forces deployed throughout the region.