He That Shall Live This Day

Defend America
Tam Cummings
18 Jun 04
Growing up in New Hampshire, Senior Airman Kylee Reynolds didn't give a lot of thought to the weather. If the sun was shining, she could ride her horse and dream of being a jockey winning the Triple Crown. If it was snowing, well, she could still dream about being a jockey. But now the 22-year-old rides her horse for fun, and her dreams are about the weather.
Reynolds, 3rd Weather Squadron, 3rd Air Support Operations Group, said she has found a calling in predicting the weather and advising Army pilots about flying conditions.
"The Army doesn't do its own weather," she said recently. "All weather people that support the Army are in the Air Force. People don't know the Air Force is here (with the Army). And they certainly don't expect to see us out in the field."
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The award recognizes Reynolds as "the outstanding Air Force weatherman." It is named for Staff Sgt. Robert Dodson, who parachuted behind enemy lines and set up an observing site to support Allied troops landing at Normandy on D-Day. The nomination for the award came after Reynolds won Airman of the Year for the 3rd Weather Squadron and Airman of the Year for the 3rd Air Support Operations Group.
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