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USAF Combat Weathermen
U.S. Air Force photo by Chief Master SGT. Gary Emery
A pair of USAF combat weathermen from the 10th Combat Weather Squadron, Hurlbert Field, Florida, pictured during a training exercise.
Combat weathermen, who deploy as Special Operations Weather Teams (SOWT), carry out advance force meteorological reconnaissance in support of special operations planners.
The weather data gathered by Combat Weathermen is vital to the success of a special operation.
