Flying Jennies and Hurricane Hunters ready for flight

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A line of C-130J and W-C130J Super Hercules aircraft from the 815th Airlift and 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadrons on the flight line, July 17, 2020, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. The mission of the 815th AS is to recruit, organize and train to deploy, redeploy and employ air and ground forces to any area of the world and provide them with logistical support. The 53rd WRS is tasked to collect weather data from within tropical storms and is the only Department of Defense unit that flies that mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael Farrar)