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Air Force Airman 1st Class Joshua Tuckett, a weather apprentice with the 18th Operations Support Squadron weather flight, collects weather data using a kestrel reader at Kadena Air Base, Japan, April 21, 2017. The device measures air pressure, relative humidity, wind speed and direction. Air Force photo by Senior Airman John Linzmeier

Weather Airmen support every sortie

Air Force Airman 1st Class Joshua Tuckett, a weather apprentice with the 18th Operations Support Squadron weather flight, collects weather data using a kestrel reader at Kadena Air Base, Japan, April 21, 2017. The device measures air pressure, relative humidity, wind speed and direction. Air Force photo by Senior Airman John Linzmeier

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