00496343 4-1819-1A UNCLASSIFIED 2435840 01-01-1957 2436020 06-30-1957

WING/0001/WEATHER

HISTORY K360.2-1 16701 K3712 25 187 88 2451513 11-30-1999 1 WEATHER WING MOVED FROM FUCHU AIR STATION, JAPAN, TO WHEELER AIR FORCE BASE, HI, 1 JUL 57. 20 WEATHER SQUADRON INACTIVATED 18 FEB 57. REPORTED ONE MAJOR AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT INVOLVING 54 WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON (WRS) WB-50 AIRCRAFT. PLANE LOST ENGINE AND MADE EMERGENCY LANDING ON LOS NEGROS ISLAND. NO FATALITIES WERE REPORTED, BUT AIRCRAFT SUFFERED COLLAPSED NOSEGEAR. WING INVESTIGATED POSSIBILITIES OF PROVIDING WEATHER BRIEFINGS BY CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION DUE TO SHORTAGE OF WEATHER OFFICERS AND INCREASED WEATHER REQUIREMENTS. GEN THOMAS S. MOORMAN, JR., COMMANDER, AIR WEATHER SERVICE, VISITED 1 WEATHER WING, AT FUCHU AIR STATION, FEB 57. NONE STUBBS, THOMAS A. 1 WEATHER WING MANUAL 55-10, TYPHOON WARNING SERVICE SOP, 1 MAY 1957 PROJECT CORONA HARVEST NO. 0234977. INCLUDES TABLE OF CONTENTS, CHARTS, GENERAL ORDERS, GLOSSARY, MAPS, AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS.