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Lt. Col. Jon Talbot, aerial reconnaissance weather officer, explains his role in Air Force Reserve Command’s Hurricane Hunter mission to Karen Burns and Leslie Fay during the National Security Forum Tour at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. Ms. Burn's husband, Lt. Col. Kelly Burns, is a student at Air War College. Ms. Fay, president of the Fairfield, Calif., Chamber of Commerce, was a guest at the week-long secretary of the Air Force-sponsored forum. Colonel Talbot belongs to the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, part of the 403rd Wing at Keesler AFB, Miss. The squadron is the only Air Force unit that flies hurricane reconnaissance missions for nation. Hurricane season officially starts June 1, 2007. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Lt. Col. Jerry Lobb)