Hass.io install on RPI2 no wifi

I followed all the instructions and have Hass.io loaded and working via lan, but i can not get it to recognize my usb wireless adapter. When i run the command below, I see this about the wlan

journalctl -u NetworkManager.service

Sep 09 02:41:39 hassio NetworkManager[210]: <info>  [1536460899.8154] wifi-nl80211: (wlan0): using nl80211 for WiFi device control
Sep 09 02:41:39 hassio NetworkManager[210]: <info>  [1536460899.8177] device (wlan0): driver supports Access Point (AP) mode
Sep 09 02:41:39 hassio NetworkManager[210]: <info>  [1536460899.8305] manager: (wlan0): new 802.11 WiFi device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/4)
Sep 09 02:41:39 hassio NetworkManager[210]: <info>  [1536460899.8429] device (wlan0): state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'managed', sys-iface-state: 'external')
.        :41:39 hassio NetworkManager[210]: <warn>  [1536460899.8685] device (wlan0): firmware may be missing--More-- 
Sep 09 02:41:39 hassio NetworkManager[210]: <info>  [1536460899.8707] device (wlan0): set-hw-addr: set MAC address to CE:E4:AC:20:00:BA (scanning)
Sep 09 02:41:40 hassio NetworkManager[210]: <info>  [1536460900.2563] supplicant: wpa_supplicant running
Sep 09 02:41:44 hassio NetworkManager[210]: <info>  [1536460904.8119] manager: startup complete
Sep 09 02:41:45 hassio NetworkManager[210]: <info>  [1536460905.2867] device (eth0): carrier: link connected
Sep 09 02:41:45 hassio NetworkManager[210]: <info>  [1536460905.3044] device (eth0): state change: unavailable -> disconnected (reason 'carrier-changed', sys-iface-state: 'managed')

in /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections my-network has this info:

[connection]                                                                                                   
id=hassos-network                                                                                              
uuid=72111c67-4a5d-4d5c-925e-f8ee26efb3c3                                                                      
type=802-11-wireless                                                                                           
                                                                                                               
[802-11-wireless]                                                                                              
mode=infrastructure                                                                                            
ssid=xxxxx                                                                                                    
                                                                                                               
[802-11-wireless-security]                                                                                     
auth-alg=open                                                                                                  
key-mgmt=wpa-psk                                                                                               
psk=xxxxxxxx                                                                                                  
                                                                                                               
[ipv4]                                                                                                         
method=manual                                                                                                  
address1=192.168.1.208/24,192.168.1.1                                                                          
dns=192.168.1.1;                                                                                               
                                                                                                               
[ipv6]                                                                                                         
addr-gen-mode=stable-privacy                                                                                   
method=auto