Joint Metoc Handboo - IHMC Ontology and Policy Management

H-Reserve METOC Personnel
Appendix H - Reserve METOC Personnel
H.1 Air Force
H.1.1 Air National Guard (ANG).
The Air National Guard weather flight program supports Army, Army Reserve (USAR),
ANG, and AF Reserve Component (AFRC) units with a full range of meteorological
services. Thirty-three weather flights can deploy with their customers when required.
Each flight has a full-time Meteorological Technician (MT) to run the unit during the
week. Guard units have unique capabilities to deploy, operate, and communicate in
tactical environments, especially during and after natural disasters. Taskings for ANG
personnel should be directed to:Air Combat Command (ACC), ACC/XOWO, Langley
AFB, VA (DSN 574-8445/8441, fax 574-8455). The ANG functional manager is
ANG/DOOSW, located at the Air National Guard Readiness Center, Andrews AFB MD
(DSN 327-3286/3256, fax 327-2833). A website for the National Guard Bureau is
available at http://www.ngb.dtic.mil; Air National Guard websites are available at
http://www.ang.af.mil and http://ga14.af.pentagon.smil.mil/ang/. The Air National Guard
Weather Flight program website,
http://airguard.ang.af.mil/DO/DOO/doos/weather/doosw.htm, has information about the
ANG weather program.
H.1.2 Air Force Reserve (AFRES).
There are two components of AFRES that include METOC resources.
• The AFRES Individual Mobilization Augmentee (IMA) program supports gaining
units for backfill and wartime mission needs. Individuals can volunteer for duty
assignments, or be ordered to duty during a mobilization. IMAs are on twenty-four
hour notice for call-up. Typical non-mobilization taskings include Operational
Readiness Inspections (ORIs), backfill at a weather unit, and/or any active duty
shortfall that creates a requirement. Reservists are normally permitted to be on
extended active duty (EAD) 179 days each fiscal year. Information on the Air Force
Reserve is available at http://www.afrc.af.mil.
• There are also several AFRES weather units, supplemented by civilian/contractor
workers, that provide full aviation meteorological support to AFRES flying customers.
Air Reserve bases with weather units include Dobbins (GA), Westover (MA), March
(CA), Grissom (NY), and Homestead (FL).
• For availability and/or tasking of AFRES resources, contact the METOC office of the
appropriate AF Major Command:
- Air Combat Command (ACC), ACC/XOW, Langley AFB, VA (DSN 574-
8452/8441, fax 574-8455)
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