Meteorological Wing

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Meteorological Wing
Active	1947
Country	Belgium
Branch	Air Component
Garrison/HQ	Beauvechain
Commanders
Current commander	Lieutenant-Colonel Benny Ooms

The Meteorological Wing (Dutch: Meteorologische Wing, French: Wing Météorologique) is a wing in the Air Component of the Belgian Armed Forces. It is responsible for providing meteorological information and training.

[edit] Organisation

The Meteorological Wing is organised into three groups:

• the management
• the Exploitation Group Meteo, an operational group consisting of a military weather forecasting centre, meteorological antennae spread across the Belgian territory, a school squadron and a meteo applications squadron.
• the Support Group Meteo, a support group consisting of a technical and logistical squadron and an ICT squadron.

[edit] External link

• Section of the website of the Belgian Ministry of Defence about the Meteorological Wing