America's Weather Wing

Our heritage is forged in conflict. Tracing our roots to the U.S. Army Signal Corps in World War I, our lineage was officially established with the activation of the Army Air Forces Weather Wing in 1943. From the pivotal forecasts for the D-Day invasion to enabling multi-domain decision superiority in Operations ENDURING FREEDOM, IRAQI FREEDOM, INHERENT RESOLVE, MIDNIGHT HAMMER, SOUTHERN SPEAR, AND ABSOLUTE RESOLVE, the men and women of this wing have always embraced a proud heritage of maximizing America’s military power. Our weather and cyber professionals have consistently delivered a decisive edge, mitigating environmental threats to ensure mission success from the strategic to the tactical level of warfare.

Transformation and innovation are inseparable tenets of our identity. A pivotal moment came on March 27, 2015, when the Air Force Weather Agency was redesignated as the 557th Weather Wing, cementing our status as the Air Force's premier weather wing. This was more than a name change; it was a fundamental shift to become more operationally focused.

Since then, we have relentlessly pursued greater lethality and readiness. We dramatically increased data assimilation to improve fidelity and accuracy, bolstered the cybersecurity of our High-Performance Computing Center, and expanded our space weather services. These initiatives were aimed at one goal: maximizing our ability to exploit global environmental intelligence to meet the dynamic needs of the joint force in any contested, degraded, or operationally limited environment.

Our emblem reflects this evolution in thought. While visually similar to our predecessor's, it bears our modern motto: "Weather Drives Behavior." This represents a profound shift in our approach. We have moved beyond simply enabling friendly forces to a deeper understanding of how the environment shapes the actions and decisions of all actors on the global stage. It is a permanent reminder that our mission is to deliver decision advantage by understanding and predicting how weather will influence the human and technical landscape, allowing commanders to anticipate and exploit opportunities to win.