00497184 3-3261-25A UNCLASSIFIED 2435109 01-01-1955 2435289 06-30-1955

SQUADRON/0012/WEATHER

History K360.4-12 16792 K3803 418 676 06 43 2451641 04-06-2000 2451653 04-18-2000 HELD DETACHMENT (DET) COMMANDERS CONFERENCE. PUBLISHED SQUADRON OBJECTIVES. CONTINUED MET WATCH PROGRAM TO IMPROVE SERVICE. PROBLEM OF WEATHER DISSEMINATION TO FIGHTER UNITS CONTINUED. EASTERN AIR DEFENSE FORCE (EADF) REWROTE REGULATION 55-24 DEALING WITH DISSEMINATION. PUBLISHED SQUADRON LETTER 62-161 CONCERNING SEASONAL WEATHER BRIEFINGS. MAJOR DISCREPANCY NOTED IN VISITS TO DETS WAS FAILURE TO AMEND FORECASTS ISSUED IN TFAWS (TERMINAL FORECAST-AIR WEATHER SERVICE) CODE. HURRICANE ALLEY 1955 WAS EFFORT TO ESTABLISH RADAR OBSERVING AND REPORTING PROCEDURES FOR HURRICANE OBSERVATIONS. AIR WEATHER SERVICE (AWS) UNIT COMMANDERS, IN CAPACITY AS STAFF WEATHER OFFICERS, REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT/INCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS. IMPLEMENTED PROCEDURES TO IMPROVE WIND FORECASTS FOR AIRCRAFT CONTROL AND WARNING (AC&W) SQUADRON USING AIR MASS POSITIONING (BEACON) INTERCEPT METHOD. PRODUCED RADIOLOGICAL FALLOUT PLOTS. PROJECT CLOUD TRAIL INVOLVED COLLECTING DATA ON OCCURRENCES OF CIRRUS CLOUDS, HAZE, CONTRAILS AND TURBULENCE ABOVE 25 THOUSAND FEET. SQUADRON DESIGNATED ADVISORY UNIT FOR 156 FORECASTING FLIGHT AND 157 FORECASTING OBSERVING FLIGHT OF AIR NATIONAL GUARD (ANG). RECORDED FOUR LOST-TIME GROUND ACCIDENTS. PRIVILEGED 12TH WEATHER SQUADRON DETACHMENT COMMANDERS CONFERENCE, 7-17 FEBRUARY 1955 12TH WEATHER SQUADRON OBJECTIVES, 1955-56 INCLUDES PHOTOGRAPHS. SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS INCLUDE NUMBERED SQUADRON LETTERS AND OPERATIONS PLANS. 2451670 05-05-2000 CG 2451670 05-05-2000