Airmen prep for upcoming hurricane season
Lt. Col. Roger Gardner and Maj. Scot Salminen fly a Hurricane Hunter WC-130J Hercules during a training mission June 7 to Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., from St. Croix, V.I. Colonel Gardner is the aircraft commander and Major Salminen is chief of training for the 403rd Operations Support Squadron. The training mission covered the Air Force Reserve Command's weather reconnaissance mission as they enter hurricane season, which began June 1. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Desiree N. Palacios)