July 17, 2026 Weather Wing welcomes new command chief 557th Wing Wing Command Chief holds their Change of Responsibility Ceremony July, 16 inside the 557 WW auditorium at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. CMSgt. Daniel Perry, outgoing command chief, relinquishes his duties to the 557th WW and CMSgt. Christopher Joyce, 557th WW command chief, assumes
July 2, 2026 2nd Weather Group is under new leadership Col. Hank Chilcoat, 557th Weather Wing commander, receives the 2nd Weather Group guidon from Col. Andrew Frey, outgoing 2d WXG commander, during the 2d WXG change of command ceremony July 1, inside the 557th Weather Wing auditorium, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. Frey led over 550 personnel in 6
Jan. 26, 2026 Weather to win wars Leaders of the “America’s Weather Wing,” the 557th Weather Wing, convened at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., Jan. 13-15, 2026, for the semi-annual Squadron Leadership Summit. The event brought together commanders and senior enlisted leaders from the Wing’s 11 squadrons, eight of which are