8th OSS weather flight immerses with U.S. Marine Corps follow-on forces

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Vicente Lopez, meteorology and oceanography chief, and Lance Cpl. Jonathan Valdez, meteorology and oceanography forecaster, both with 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Air Control Group 18, Marine Air Control Squadron-4, Air Traffic Control Company Lima, explain the advanced meteorological satellite system dish to U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Damian Burke, 8th Operational Support Squadron airfield weather operations non-commissioned officer in charge, during a unit immersion at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea.

(Photo by Staff Sgt. Karissa Dick/U.S. Air Force)

KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Vicente Lopez, meteorology and oceanography chief, and Lance Cpl. Jonathan Valdez, meteorology and oceanography forecaster, both with 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Air Control Group 18, Marine Air Control Squadron-4, Air Traffic Control Company Lima, explain the advanced meteorological satellite system dish to U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Damian Burke, 8th Operational Support Squadron airfield weather operations non-commissioned officer in charge, during a unit immersion at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, April 14, 2026. Deployed from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, MACS-4 provides combat-ready forces capable of conducting continuous all-weather, radar, non-radar and tower air traffic control services, and collection, analysis and dissemination of weather information at forward operating bases to conduct anti-air warfare operations and control of aircraft and missiles.