2d Weather Wing

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2d Weather Wing
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Emblem [1]
Active1954-1991
CountryFlag of the United States.svg  United States
BranchFlag of the United States Air Force.svg  United States Air Force
RoleRegional command of weather units
Part of Air Weather Service
Motto(s)Nulla Aequalis Secundae Latin [2] (None are the Equal of the Second)
Decorations Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Aircraft flown
Reconnaissance WB-29 Superfortress
WB-50 Superfortress

The 2d Weather Wing was a military meteorological (weather) unit of the Air Weather Service, United States Air Force. It was established, 24 Nov 1953 and activated on 8 Feb 1954.

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History

The wing provided staff and operational meteorological aerospace environmental support to the U.S. European Command, U.S. Air Forces Europe, U.S. Army Europe, European Information Systems Division, elements of other Air Force and Army major commands assigned to the European theater, and to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It also provided staff meteorological officers to the following NATO organizations: Allied Air Forces Central Europe, Fourth Allied Tactical Air Force and the Central Army Group.

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Activated on 8 February 1954 [2]
Inactivated on 1 October 1991

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  1. The emblem was approved 11 December 1957.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "2nd Weather Wing" (PDF). USAF Orders of Battle. Retrieved November 4, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. Haulman, Daniel L. (December 19, 2007). "Factsheet 53 Weather Reconnaissance Squadron (AFRC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved November 4, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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