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Hurricane Hunter

Air Force 1st Lt. Ryan Smithies, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron pilot, flies a WC-130J Super Hercules in the eye of Hurricane Dorian off the coast of Savannah, Ga., Sept. 4, 2019. The squadron provides surveillance of tropical storms and hurricanes for the National Hurricane Center. It also flies winter storm missions off both coasts of the United States.

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