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  • Flying Jennies Haul Rescue Team to Texas

    After Hurricane Ike crushed the Texas coast, civil authorities called on the military to assist with search and rescue capabilities. Reservists from the 815th Airlift Squadron pitched in to help out by transporting Reservists and 5 tons of gear from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. into Texas.

  • Flying Jennies to Fly Post-Ike Support

    The Air Force tasked cargo aircraft from the Air Force Reserve's 815th Airlift Squadron here to fly humanitarian, aeromedical evacuation and other missions as needed in the wake of Hurricane Ike. The aircraft will be based here and fly missions to locations as needed. In addition to the missions

  • Hurricane Hunters Fly Non-Stop into Ike

    As residents of the Texas coastline flee to safe havens, the Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters fly right into the center of Mother Nature's fury.Ike is projected to make landfall this weekend along the coastline of Texas near the city of Galveston as well as provide tropical storm force winds

  • Hurricane Hunters Track Ike

    Barreling toward the Texas Coast, Hurricane Ike is regaining strength as officials along the Texas coast began evacuations of the first of millions of residents in the forecast path of the storm. Warm Gulf waters contributed to renewed strength for Hurricane Ike after it passed over Cuba during the

  • Hurricane Hunters Don't Like Ike

    Data provided by the Air Force Reserve's Hurricane Hunters led forecasters at the National Hurricane Center to increase the intensity of Hurricane Ike this afternoon. Citizen Airmen of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, charged with flying directly into the eye of nature's most powerful

  • Citizen Airmen Return to Keesler After Gustav

    Aircraft and people assigned to the Air Force Reserve's 403rd Wing began returning here today from forward operating locations where aircrews continued their missions of airlift and hurricane reconnaissance. While deployed, the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, known as the Hurricane Hunters,

  • Hurricane Hunters Fly Landfalling Gustav Mission

    While Hurricane Gustav buffets their home, the Hurricane Hunters of the Air Force Reserve's 403rd Wing continue to fly missions from their forward operating location at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla. As Gustav moves on shore, Citizen Airmen of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron are flying a