Weather watching
Airman 1st Class Derrick Smit, 17th Operational Weather Squadron weather technician, monitors two typhoons south of Japan Aug. 23, at the Pacific Air Forces Headquarters, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. The 17th OWS recently completed a standardization and evaluation program for weather operations, or SEPWO, inspection where they scored 214 out of a possible 215 points, for a 99.53 percent passing score. Members of the squadron had to pay up on a shaving bet when they scored higher than 97 percent, including more than 75 years of continuous mustache growth. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Mike Meares)