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Air Force reservists with the 403rd Wing, based at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, load an 815th Airlift Squadron C-130J with equipment as part of the “Roll Up” Jan. 10-17, 2016 at the Henry Rohlsen Airport in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. The airport is the forward operating base for the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron “Hurricane Hunters.” (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Brian J. Lamar)


Hurricane Hunters close out 2015 season

Air Force reservists with the 403rd Wing, based at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, load an 815th Airlift Squadron C-130J with equipment as part of the “Roll Up” Jan. 10-17, 2016 at the Henry Rohlsen Airport in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. The airport is the forward operating base for the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron “Hurricane Hunters.” (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Brian J. Lamar)

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Smoke and the start of a fire retardant containment line dropped by a Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System-equipped C-130 Hercules aircraft near California’s South Fork Fire, south of Yosemite National Park are visible, Aug. 14, 2017. MAFFS-equipped C-130s and aircrews from the Air Force Reserve are providing support to the U.S. Forest Service fire suppression efforts from Air Tanker Base Fresno, California.
Capt. Chase Allen and Capt. Jordan Mentzer pilot through Hurricane Patricia in pitch black conditions October. 23 2015. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Brian Lamar)
Tech. Sgt. Jenna Daniel, a 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron loadmaster, logs information on a dropsonde to be dropped in the eyewall of Hurricane Joaquin during a mission into the storm Oct. 2, 2015. Hurricane Joaquin has downgraded to a Category 1 storm. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Nicholas Monteloene)
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The most infamous storm in U.S. history, Hurricane Katrina carved a path of destruction from Miami to New Orleans, and up the Eastern United States. The storm reached a maximum intensity of Category 5 status, with 175 mph sustained winds. Hurricane Katrina made landfall in the morning of August 29, 2005. This infrared satellite imagery shows the storm’s intensity: white is the most intense, followed by red, green, and blue. (Image courtesy of NOAA)
Maintenance members with the 403rd Maintenance Group walk out to recover a WC-130J following a weather reconnaissance mission (U.S. Air Force file photo/Maj. Marnee A.C. Losurdo)
Master Sgt. Kevin Shows, 403rd Civil Engineer Squadron heating, ventilation and air conditioning craftsman, works on a condensing unit for an air conditioner May 5 at the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron “Hurricane Hunters” facilities at their forward operating location at the Henry E. Rohlsen Airport, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. This is slated to be the last storm season for the civil engineers to maintain the facility in St. Croix due to the 403rd CES scheduled inactivation Sept. 15, 2015. (Courtesy photo)
Staff Sgt. Walter Pinkerton (left), 403rd Civil Engineer Squadron water and fuels system management craftsman, and Senior Airman Nathin Schuessler, 403rd CES structural journeyman, repaint faded lines on the airfield taxiways May 5 at the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron “Hurricane Hunters” forward operating location at the Henry E. Rohlsen Airport, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. This is slated to be the last storm season for the civil engineers to maintain the facility in St. Croix due to the 403rd CES scheduled inactivation Sept. 15, 2015. (Courtesy photo)
Maj. Nicole Mitchell, an Aerial Reconnaissance Weather Officer speaks with Canadian Air Cadets during the Halifax, Nova Scotia stop of the 2015 Hurricane Awareness Tour at the Halifax-Stanfield International Airport May 3. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Brian Lamar)
Master Sgt. Brian J. Lamar
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