UNDISCLOSED LOCATION, Operation Iraqi Freedom; As much as accurate bombs, jet-propelled missiles and well-trained crews mean the difference in a war, none of it gets off the ground without good weather.

As aircrews and others at this forward-deployed location will tell you, weather is paramount for the success of Operation IraqiFreedom. No one knows that better than Staff. Sgt. Mike Wimmer, mission execution forecaster for the 457th Air Expeditionary Group and its compliment of more than a dozen B-52 bombers.