Force Weather began assimilating weather data collected from meteorological satellites. Air Force Weather, as the single agent for all the DoD, began solar observations and forecasting. Air Force Weather endorsed the Information Revolution early in the 1980s with tools that provided state-of-the art computing at the lowest echelons to gather, process, and disseminate weather data. In concert with Air Force communicators, Air Force Weather constructed communications networks that enabled weather information to be disseminated around the world in moments. Today, the Air Force Weather Agency, through its Weather Product Management and Distribution System at Offutt AFB, employs the internet to rapidly disseminate weather data around the globe. Working with the other national agencies, Air Force Weather has been instrumental in the development of modern meteorological technologies, such as the deployment of NEXRAD, the Next Generation Radar, in the 1990s. Air Force Weather continues to refine and develop forecasting models relevant for modern military operations. In April 1991, the Office of the Director of Weather was created on the Air Staff to provide policy and guidance for Air Force Weather. The Air Force designated Air Weather Service a field operating agency and reassigned it to Headquarters United States Air Force in 1993. On 15 Oct. 1997, Air Weather Service was redesignated the Air Force Weather Agency and moved to Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. On 27 March 2015, the Air Force Weather Agency was re-designated as the 557th Weather Wing and was aligned under the United States Air Force's Air Combat Command, 12th Air Force. Lineage Constituted as the Weather Wing, Flight Control Command on 14 April 1943 and activated Redesignated Army Air Forces Weather Wing on 6 July 1943 Redesignated Army Air Forces Weather Service on 1 July 1945 Redesignated Air Weather Service on 13 March 1946 Redesignated Air Force Weather Agency on 15 October 1997 Redesignated 557th Weather Wing c. 27 March 2015 Assignments Flight Control Command 14 April 1943 Army Air Forces, 6 July 1943 Air Transport Command, 13 March 1946 Military Air Transport Command (later Military Airlift Command), 1 June 1948 United States Air Force, 1 April 1991 Twelfth Air Force, c. 17 March 2015 Sixteenth Air Force, c. 29 October 2019 Stations Washington, DC (Pentagon), 14 April 1943 Asheville, North Carolina, 3 May 1943 Langley Field, Virginia, 7 January 1946 Gravelly Point, Virginia, 14 June 1946 Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, 1 December 1948 Scott Air