History
The 2nd Weather Group has a long and proud heritage starting as the Pacific Ocean Areas Air Forces Weather Group in September 1944. In August 1945, the 2nd WXG was assigned to the 43rd Weather Wing and later that year to the Provisional Headquarters, Army Air Force, Middle Pacific, and finally to the Headquarters Army Air Force Weather Service. The group became a paper organization in January 1946 and was inactivated in August 1946. The 2d WXG reactivated at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, replacing the 2102 Air Weather Group in April 1952. It was once again inactivated in October 1965 and replaced by the 5th Weather Wing.
The Group was distinguished with a service streamer from World War II.
The realignment began with the reactivation of the 2nd Weather Group, at Offutt AFB, Neb., in March 2007. The 2nd WXG continues its long and decorated history of providing weather products and service to Air Force and Army units, and is now part of the Air Force Weather Agency.
The 2nd Systems Operations Squadron and the 2nd Weather Squadron, located at Offutt AFB, Neb., were also activated in March 2007 and are under the newly formed 2nd WXG.
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