3rd Weather Squadron [3rd WS]
The 3rd Weather Squadron was formed at Barksdale Field (now Barksdale Air Force Base), LA, on 24 June 1937, as part of the Signal Corps. The 3rd was one of the three original squadrons that eventually transferred from the Signal Corps to the Air Corps.
The 3rd Weather Squadron is aligned under the 3rd Air Support Operations Group. Weather support to Fort Hood began in 1947 at the newly constructed Killeen AFB. The 3rd Weather Squadron--in addition to providing weather support to the Fort Hood complex--has operating locations at Forts Bliss, Huachuca, Riley, and Sill in Texas, Arizona, Kansas, and Oklahoma, respectively.
The 3d Weather Squadron is the largest base- or post-level weather unit in the Air Force. The support provided by the squadron is as diverse as its history and that of the Army customers it supports. For example, the squadron maintains a 24-hour observing and forecasting section at Robert Gray Army Airfield with extended observing hours at Hood Army Airfield.
Because weather can have a significant impact on increasingly technological Army operations, the Army is still highly dependent on expert weather support. Army divisions rely on support from U.S. Air Force (USAF) personnel, like the 3d Weather Squadron which supports the 1st Cavalry Division.
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