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| Continental Air Command Air Indoctrination Course II, Eglin AFB, Florida ~ Aug - Nov 1949 Consisting of five Type "G" weather stations Purpose: Provide weather service to the 31st Fighter Group Det. and the 161th Photo Recon Det., and instruct weather personnel in methods and techniques of providing mobile weather service in the field.
Sgt Campbell and PFC Harrington released and tracked 30 gram balloon
S/Sgt Ira Vandergrifft sending teletype message
Lt Hardin briefing Lt Col McBride of the 20th Fighter Group inside Base Ops
Station weather officer Lt Rolla Griffith analyzing surface chart
TACC weather status board
Instrument shelter Air Task Force Eagle Headquarters at right
1st Lt L Clendinen OIC, AACS mobile detatchment & 1st Lt D Terlinder OIC, weather detatchment
Facsimile receiver inside AACS mobile van
Cpl Lowe, forcaster standing beside weather van
Headquarters building, Air Task Force Eagle
Weather sequence display board inside mobile van
Cpl Nelson, Mechanic, performing his duties
Joint Operations Center, Air Task Force Eagle
Sectional surface chart with facsimile chart displayed inside mobile van
S/Sgt Burgess, Chief Observer and S/Sgt Rhodes, Chief Forecaster checking weather data
Sectional surface chart on display in mobile van
Eagle operational intelligence weather display board
Base Operations weather display board
Sgt Holder inside AACS van
JOC weather display board
WOJG Wells inside weather forecasting van
Rear view of Weather Central station
Front view of station
Right side view of station with Third Army message center in background
Mobile weather station at Eglin Aux #1 providing weather service for 316th Troop Carrier Wing with C-82 aircraft
Weather officers meeting by Maj Nulen, FR Lt Seymour, Lt Smith, Lt Hardin, BR Lt McDonald, Lt Griffith and Cpt Kullin
Sgt Campbell and PFC Harrington fill 30 gram balloon for pibal run
Eglin Auxiliary #9, FL
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