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A Reserve Citizen Airman from the 624th Civil Engineering Squadron gives critical instructions while directing teammates during a live firefighting exercise in Kahului, Maui, Sept. 8, 2024.

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Hurricane Hunters fly research missions into atmospheric rivers

Chief Master Sgt. Rick Cumbo, a 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron chief loadmaster, prepares a dropsonde before placing it into a launch tube as part of a research mission Feb. 11-24, 2016, to collect data from atmospheric rivers over the Pacific to improve West Coast weather forecasts. The Hurricane Hunters use a dropsonde, which is a parachute-borne cylindrical instrument that collects meteorological data as it descends. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Kimberly Spusta)

PHOTO BY: Capt. Kimberly Spusta
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