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This tube, adjacent to the loadmaster position, is used to launch dropsondes into the storm as the aircraft flies through it. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Raymond Sarracino


Dropsondes away

This tube, adjacent to the loadmaster position, is used to launch dropsondes into the storm as the aircraft flies through it. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Raymond Sarracino

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Tech Sgt. Tom Barnaby, a loadmaster with the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron Hurricane Hunters explains a dropsonde's ability to gather tropical weather data from within an eye of a hurricane to guests during the Halifax, Nova Scotia stop of the 2015 East Coast Hurricane Awareness Tour. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Brian Lamar)
Maj. Ivan DeRoche, a pilot with the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron Hurricane Hunters, explains the flight controls to a young visitor during the Halifax, Nova Scotia stop of the 2015 Hurricane Awareness Tour May 3.
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Senior Master Sgt. Raymond Sarracino
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