00497010 5-2021-96 UNCLASSIFIED 2433829 07-01-1951 2433920 09-30-1951

SQUADRON/0006/WEATHER

History K360.4-6 16783 K3794 1422 1516 2451597 02-22-2000 06 43 2451598 02-23-2000 2451606 03-02-2000 NEW DETACHMENTS (DETS) WERE 6-35, SAN SALVADOR ISLAND; 6-37, GRAND TURK ISLAND; 6-40, FORT MONMOUTH NJ. AIR WEATHER SERVICE (AWS) ANNOUNCED SPECIAL CLASS IN INTERMEDIATE METEOROLOGICAL COURSE DUE TO RAPID CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS IN WEATHER CAREER FIELD. MAJ MARK J. BROWN, DEPUTY COMMANDER, ASSUMED COMMAND DURING THREE MONTH ABSENCE OF COMMANDER, LT COL RALPH G. SUGGS. SUCCESSFUL OPERATION OF RAWINSONDE UNITS (RAWIN SET AN/GMD-1) AT PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE (AFB) FL WEATHER STATION AND DETACHMENTS AT AIR FORCE MISSILE TEST RANGE (AFMTR) DOWN RANGE SUB-BASES JEOPARDIZED DURING JUL, AUG, AND SEP BY DEFECTIVE PACKAGING OF HUMIDITY ELEMENTS. DET 6-31 ASSUMED RESPONSIBILITY OF PROVIDING WEATHER FOLDERS FOR AVIANCA (PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS SUBSIDIARY) FLIGHTS FROM BERMUDA TO BARRANQUILLE, COLUMBIA AND RETURN TRIP TO SANTA MARIA, AZORES. PORTIONS OF DET 6-25 TRANSFERRED TO DET 26-8 OF 26 WEATHER SQUADRON (WS). NONE INCLUDES DETACHMENT HISTORIES. 2451670 05-05-2000 CG 2451670 05-05-2000