Meteorological Wing Explained

Unit Name:	Meteorological Wing
Dates:	1947
Country:	Belgium
Branch:	Air Component
Garrison:	Beauvechain
Commander1:	Lieutenant Colonel Jos Leten (20.11.2014 -)

The Meteorological Wing (Dutch; Flemish: 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.

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.

External links

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