Weather officer honored by AETC Published March 23, 2010 By Susan Griggs 81st Training Wing Public Affairs KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. -- Maj. Barry Hunte, 335th Training Squadron, is Air Education and Training Command's field grade weather office of the year for 2009. Major Hunte, weather flight commander since August 2005, is serving a one-year deployment as weather adviser to the Iraq Air Force. He led a joint information exchange between the Iraq Meteorological Organization and Air Force Combat Climatology Center and provided observation and equipment training in preparation for the transfer of responsibility to the Baghdad International Airport. He championed a weather sharing agreement between the Iraq Air Force and the IMO and guided adaptation of mission execution forecasting to eliminate an outdated process. Major Hunte organized as weather support systems cadre course that trained Iraq's Air Force weather officers and assisted the Iraq Air Force's weather officer in briefing leaders on a new concept that provides a baseline for future weather operations. He managed execution of the Iraqi Air Force's first weather initial skills course and authored its forecasting/observer course. His wife, Lisa, is a registered nurse in the 81st Surgical Operations Squadron