IKE ON THE HORIZON Lt. Col. Mark Carter looks at the sunset after flying nine hours on a Hurricane Ike mission on board a WC-130J Hercules, Sept. 10, 2008, over the Gulf of Mexico. The Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters of the 403rd Wing at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., fly 24-hours-a-day, collecting data inside the heart of Hurricane Ike. The data collected by the Hurricane Hunters improve the National Hurricane Center forecast by 30 percent. Carter is a pilot with the 403rd Wing. SHARE: Download: Full Size (0.05 MB) Credit: VIRIN: 163538-X-TLM52-275.jpg Photo Gallery