page_title: 19th Expeditionary Weather Squadron
hierarchical_section_title: 19th Expeditionary Weather Squadron
caption_attribution_description: English: Deployed TMOS: Senior Master Sgt. Paul Walker, left, a squadron superintendent, and Senior Airman Erik Dowling, a staff weather officer, both assigned to the 19th Expeditionary Weather Squadron, set up a Tactical Meteorological Observing Sensor at the north side of Salang Pass, Afghanistan. The sensor will allow the Afghan Air Force to collect atmospheric data and disseminate it to ISAF and to the local Afghan population.
context_page_description: The 19th Expeditionary Weather Squadron is an inactive unit of the United States Air Force. It last performed weather related duties as part of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan from 2009 to 2014. It was assigned to the 504th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Group. The squadron was first active during World War II where it served in Africa. Following the end of the war, it was stripped of personnel and equipment, but remained on the active roll until 1947. The squadron was reactivated in 1948 and provided weather services from various bases in the midwestern United States until inactivating in 1961.
context_section_description: The 19th Expeditionary Weather Squadron is an inactive unit of the United States Air Force.  It last performed weather related duties as part of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan from 2009 to 2014.  It was assigned to the 504th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Group.  The squadron was first active during World War II where it served in Africa.  Following the end of the war, it was stripped of personnel and equipment, but remained on the active roll until 1947.  The squadron was reactivated in 1948 and provided weather services from various bases in the midwestern United States until inactivating in 1961 .
caption: 19 Expeditionary Weather Squadron airmen installing a weather station in Afghanistan in December 2011]
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