Air Force Weather Director To Speak In Norman
By Keli Tarp
Brig.
Gen. Thomas E. Stickford, Director of Weather for the United States Air Force,
will present a seminar Nov. 3 in Norman, sponsored by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration’s National Severe Storms Laboratory and the Radar Operations
Center.
He will
discuss “Weather and the Warfighter: How Environmental Intelligence Helps us Win the Nation's Wars,”
at 3:30 p.m. Thursday,
Nov. 3,
in Meacham Auditorium located in the University of Oklahoma Memorial Union, 900
Asp Ave.
Stickford
is Director of Weather, Deputy Chief of Staff for Air and Space Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air
Force, and U.S. Air Force Deputy to
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington, D.C. As functional
manager for the Air Force weather career field, he is responsible for the
development of doctrine, policy, requirements and standards for weather support
to the Air Force, the Army, unified commands and the national intelligence
community.
Modern
military operations are highly dependent on timely, accurate, and relevant
weather analyses, forecasts, and their effects on both friend and foe,
Stickford said.
“Today's
weapon systems require a precision in weather information never thought
possible in order to deliver the desired effects when and where they are
needed. Air Force Weather provides information on the battle space to military
decision-makers at every level,” he said.
His talk
will include examples drawn from Operation Iraqi Freedom to illustrate how
weather information is a force multiplier for troops on
the
ground, aviators in the sky, and communicators using space.
“Having
advance notice of impending weather, and its likely operational impacts, allows military leaders to
anticipate and exploit the
environment
in ways not available to our Nation's adversaries,” he said.
Gen.
Stickford’s visit to Norman is part of the National Severe Storms Laboratory’s
Colloquium and is supported by the Radar Operations Center and the NSSL
Director’s Discretionary Fund.
On the
Web:
NSSL
Colloquium: http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/seminars/
NSSL: http://www.nssl.noaa.gov
NOAA:
http://www.noaa.gov
For more
information please contact:
Keli
Pirtle Tarp
1313
Halley Circle
Norman,
OK 73069
(405)
366-0451
CELL
(405) 203-4839
FAX (405)
366-0457
keli.tarp@noaa.gov