Hurricane Hunter 101

Lt. Col. Jeffrey Ragusa, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron pilot, shows a Harper McCaughan Middle School student how to salute March 7. Ragusa along with fellow squadron member and pilot Lt. Col. Shannon Hailes briefed 224 students at the Long Beach, Miss., school about the Hurricane Hunter mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Marnee A.C. Losurdo)

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Hurricane Hunter 101

Cindy Hathcock, a 4th grade math teacher at Harper McCaughan Middle School, Long Beach, Miss., tries on a flight helmet during a Hurricane Hunter briefing March 7. Pilots Lt. Col. Jeffrey Ragusa and Lt. Col. Shannon Hailes briefed 224 students about the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Marnee A.C. Losurdo)

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Hurricane Hunters brief students at local elementary school

Published March 11, 2014
403rd Wing Public Affairs

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. -- Lt. Col. Jeffrey Ragusa and Lt. Col. Shannon Hailes, pilots with the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, briefed 224 fourth grade students about the Hurricane Hunters mission at the Harper McCaughan Middle School March 7.

Hurricane Hunter 101

Hurricane Hunter 101