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  • U.S. Air Force Reserve Lt. Col. Jerry Rutland, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron pilot, flies a WC-130J into the early morning sunrise as they approach Hurricane Florence Sept. 12, 2018. The U.S. Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters are conducting a reconnaissance mission to provide critical and timely weather data for the National Hurricane Center to assist in providing up-to-date and accurate information for storm forecasts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Chris Hibben)

    No off season: Hurricane Hunters fly winter storms too

    The United States Air Force Reserve 403rd Wing’s 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, more affectionately known as the Hurricane Hunters, is most well-known for doing the unfathomable—flying at 10,000 feet, sometimes less, through major tropical systems, storms and hurricanes to collect useful data. These storms generally occur during the
  • More than 35 business owners and area leaders from Tampa, Florida near MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, visit the 403rd Wing at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, March 29, 2018 during a civic leader tour. These tours promote community outreach to maintain and foster positive relationships between the local community and the military community. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jessica Kendziorek)

    Tampa civic leaders tour Keesler

    With the threat of thunderstorms looming and the winds getting stronger, civic leaders from Florida arrived on a KC-135 Stratotanker March 29, 2018 from MacDill Air Force Base, in Tampa, Florida traveling with the Air Force Reserve’s 927th Air Refueling Wing.  “Seeing the refueling operation on our way here was something I never expected to see,”
  • More than 35 business owners and area leaders from Tampa, Florida near MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, visit the 403rd Wing at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, March 29, 2018 during a civic leader tour. These tours promote community outreach to maintain and foster positive relationships between the local community and the military community. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jessica Kendziorek)

    Tampa civic leaders tour Keesler AFB

    With the threat of thunderstorms looming and the winds getting stronger, civic leaders from Florida arrived on a KC-135 Stratotanker March 29, 2018 from MacDill Air Force Base, in Tampa, Florida traveling with the Air Force Reserve’s 927th Air Refueling Wing.  “Seeing the refueling operation on our way here was something I never expected to see,”
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