1st Weather Squadron

1st Weather Squadron
Active	1937-1944, 1949-1952, 1966-1992, 1992-1994, 1994-present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Size	Squadron
Garrison/HQ	Fort Lewis, Washington
Decorations	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Insignia
1st Weather Squadron emblem	165px

The United States Air Force's 1st Weather Squadron is a weather unit located at Fort Lewis, Washington.

Lineage

• Constituted as the 1st Weather Squadron on 24 June 1937

Activated on 1 July 1937

Redesignated 1st Weather Squadron, Regional Control on 16 June 1942

Redesignated 1st Weather Squadron on 1 November 1943

Disbanded on 7 September 1944

• Reconstituted c. 21 April 1949

Activated on 20 May 1949

Inactivated on 19 May 1952

Organized on 8 January 1966

Inactivated on 15 June 1992

Activated on 15 June 1992

Inactivated on 29 April 1994

Activated on 1 July 1994

Assignments

• Office of the Chief of Air Corps: 1 July 1937 (attached to 1st Wing c. 18 December 1940, Northeast Air District [later 1st Air Force])
• Army Air Forces: c. 24 May 1942 (attached to First Air Force)
• Flight Control Command: 14 April 1943
• Weather Wing, Flight Control Command (later AAF Weather Wing), 6 May 1943 - 7 September 1944
• 2102d Air Weather Group, w20 May 1949
• 6th Weather Group, 20 April 1952 - 19 May 1952
• 5th Weather Wing, 8 January 1966
• Tactical Air Command, 1 September 1991
• Air Combat Command, 1 June 1992 - 15 June 1992
• 1st Operations Group, 15 June 1992 - 29 April 1994
• 1st Air Support Operations Group, 1 July 1994 - present

Stations

• March Field, California, 1 July 1937
• McClellan Field, California, 4 February 1941
• Santa Monica, California, 25 November 1943 - 7 September 1944
• Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, 20 May 1949 - 19 May 1952
• MacDill Air Force Base, 8 January 1966 - 15 June 1992
• Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, 15 June 1992 - 29 April 1994
• Fort Lewis (later Joint Base Lewis-McChord, 1 July 1994 - present

Decorations

• Air Force Outstanding Unit Award