51st OSS weather flight enables Osan to ‘fight tonight’

Tech. Sgt. Isabelle Qi, 51st Operations Support Squadron airfield services element non-commissioned officer-in-charge, glances across the airfield at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Oct. 13, 2021. The weather flight provides flight and area weather forecasts for more than 10,000 F-16, A-10, U-2 and transient sorties per year and issues resource protection alerts for approximately $3.4 billion worth of combat-ready assets and 7,200 base personnel. OSW manages $462,000 of fixed and deployable meteorological equipment and maintains an expeditionary armistice posture.

PHOTO BY: Senior Airman Allison Payne
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