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What is the "National Weather Service"?
NWS stands for
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What is the "Federal Aviation Administration"?
FAA stand for
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What is the "Department of Defense"?
DOD stand for
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What is the "National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration"?
NOAA stands for
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What is "Reporting and forecasting services"?
The NWS provides this to pilots
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What are "airports"?
Weather info is collected from these places
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What is "sea, air, and space"?
The DOD gathers these 3 types of weather info
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What are "Ships and aircrafts"?
The NOAA gathers info from these vehicles
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Wind direction and speed, temperature and dewpoint, clouds, etc...
The NWS gather data such as
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What is "Weather data"?
The FAA collects mostly this type of info for local airport environments
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What are "Military operations"?
The DOD mainly supports this type of operations
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What is "aviationweather.gov"?
The NOAA reports weather forecasts to this website
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What is the "NOAA and FAA"?
The NWS cooperates with these two agencies to assist pilots
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What are "Flight Service Stations, 1800wxbrief.com, and datalinks to cockpit
The FAA distributes info through these three services
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What are "1.4 million"?
The DOD is largest employer with more than ____ active-duty personnel
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What is "Protects marine mammals and endangered species"?
While NOAA reports forecasts it also _______ in the U.S. exclusive economic zone
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What is the "Next-Generation Radar" (NEXRAD)?
The NWS operates this network of 160 high-resolution S-band doppler radars
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What is the "Federal Aviation Act of 1958"?
As a result of the era of jet planes, and a series of mid-air collisions this act was passed that created the FAA
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When was July 26, 1947
The department of defense was formed in the year under president Harry S. Truman
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What is the "Space Force"?
The NOAA is part of this newly created branch of military
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