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The Air Force Reserve’s 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron departed Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Sept. 9, 2018, to operate out of Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport, Savannah, Georgia. The Reserve Citizen Airmen will start flying reconnaissance missions into Hurricane Florence Sept. 10, 2018. The Hurricane Hunters also started flying missions into Hurricane Olivia out of the Kalaeloa Airport, Hawaii, Sept. 8, 2018. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lt. Col. Marnee A.C. Losurdo)

Hurricane Hunters fly storms in Atlantic, Pacific

An Air Force Reserve 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron WC-130J Super Hercules aircraft departs Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., to operate out of Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport, Savannah, Ga., Sept. 9, 2018. The airmen were flying reconnaissance missions into Hurricane Florence. Air Force photo by Lt. Col. Marnee A.C. Losurdo

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