1st CWS hosts Arctic METOC Partnership Summit 2026
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Joseph Dillon, 1st Combat Weather Squadron Detachment 3 aviation operations NCOIC, left, and 1st Lt. Brandon Flores, 1st CWS DET 3 aviation weather operations officer in charge, right, speaks during a panel at the Arctic Meteorological and Oceanographic (METOC) Partnership Summit at Fairbanks, Alaska, March 27, 2026. This year’s summit focused on solving two main points: creating a standardized approach for predicting weather and ocean conditions across the region and developing the specialized training required to forecast its unpredictable environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Nicholas Paczkowski)