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October 2025

Added Kit Garfield Cottrell's obituary to 2025 Departures.
Added Rose M Eggum's obituary to 2025 Departures.

AWS Observer Magazines Posted:
Added Jan/Feb 2005 and Jan/Feb 2006 AWS Observer magazines Almanac Issues to our (archive).

Website Update:
Added video from 2021 created by one of our AWA members to the Departures page that honors the 224 Army Air Force and United States Air Force weather personnel and weather reconnaissance aircrew that have lost their lives serving in our nations wars and the 146 weather reconnaissance aircrew and warrior airmen that have perished during peacetime.

Adding easier navigation to view full size photos on webpages with a large number of photos. Webpages updated so far include:

Will post new links here as the pages are updated.

Departures Update:
Added the following photos to 2023 Departures:
  • Frank William Vlcek
  • Michael F. Corbett
  • Wilbur Hugh Clark
  • Don R. Van Leuven
  • Carolyn Van Leuven
  • David Michael (Mike) Booth
  • Gregory D. Keates
  • Frederick Edmond Gesser
  • Joan Darlene Skidmore
  • Harry Danforth White III
  • Harry George H. Poulson
Added the following photos to 2024 Departures:
  • Marlyn Randall Miller
  • Charles L. Travers
  • Claudia L. Borchers
  • William D. Klein
  • Melvin Edward Clark
  • David Dwight Cramblet
Added an expanded obituary of Keith Charles Ross and added his photo to 2024 Departures.

Added Robert “Dave” Force's obituary to 2007 Departures.

Added James Henry Henderson's obituary to 2025 Departures.

September 2025


New Roster as of 21 Sep 2025
We have updated the roster based on our snail mail campaign. We received about 120 contacts via emails, phone calls, texts, and contacts to the website. John Hahn has reorganized the roster including adding several tabs to the spreadsheet. Please download the roster from this page and check your information - let us know by clicking here if we need to update anything.

AWA Search Engine Created!
We now have a new AWA Search Engine to make it easier to find keywords on our website. Click "Search" in the top banner or footer.

AWS Observer Magazines Posted:
Added December 1996 and May/June 1997 AWS Observer magazines to our (archive). If you have an Observer that's not in our archive please let us know and we can get it added.

Departures Update:
Added Albert "Al" Sullivan's obituary to 2025 Departures.

Added LtCol James “JT” Thomas Bailey's obituary to 2021 Departures. LtCol Bailey was listed as a "lost" AWA member and his obituary was found and reported to us by another AWA member.

Added Maj Michael Titre's obituary to 2007 Departures.

Added MSgt Joe Brackett's obituary to 2024 Departures.

Added Col Tom Accola's photo to 2024 Departures.

August 2025


Major website upgrade

Added video of Chanute groundbreaking to AFGWC Page

Roster update

2025 Departures updated