ORLANDO, Fla.

Col. Eugene B. Smith, III, commander of the 367th Recruiting Group, Air Force Reserve Command, Robins Air Force Base, Ga., provides closing remarks to attendees during the Air Force Reserve Recruiting Deployment for Training evening awards dinner Nov. 8. More than 400 Airmen from across the Air Force Reserve Recruiting Service attended the annual DFT program Nov. 5-9, 2022 in Orlando, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Bobby Pilch) Share

ORLANDO, Fla.

Air Force Reserve recruiters and support staff attend a morning training session during the Deployment for Training event Nov. 7, 2022. More than 400 Airmen from across the Air Force Reserve Recruiting Service attended the annual DFT program Nov. 5-9, 2022 in Orlando, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Bobby Pilch) Share

ORLANDO, Fla.

Leadership from Air Force Recruiting Service, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas and the 367th Recruiting Group, Robins Air Force Base, Ga., promote esprit de corps during the kick-off to the annual Deployment for Training event Nov. 6. More than 400 Airmen from across the Air Force Reserve Recruiting Service attended the annual DFT program Nov. 5-9, 2022 in Orlando, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Bobby Pilch) Share

ORLANDO, Fla.

Chief Master Sgt. Jeanette Masters, 367th Recruiting Group manager, Air Force Reserve Command, Robins Air Force Base, Ga., speaks to recruiters and leadership during enlisted all-call meeting at the annual Deployment for Training event Nov. 6. More than 400 Airmen from across the Air Force Reserve Recruiting Service attended the annual DFT program Nov. 5-9, 2022 in Orlando, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Bobby Pilch) Share

ORLANDO, Fla.

Col. Eugene B, Smith, III, 367th Recruiting Group commander, Air Force Reserve Command, Robins Air Force Base, Ga., rallies recruiters and leadership during morning formation at the annual Deployment for Training event Nov. 6. More than 400 Airmen from across the Air Force Reserve Recruiting Service attended the annual DFT program Nov. 5-9, 2022 in Orlando, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Bobby Pilch) Share

ORLANDO, Fla.

Air Force Reserve Recruiters and leadership from the 353rd Recruiting Squadron, March Air Reserve Base, Calif. take part in some esprit de corps during the annual Deployment for Training event Nov. 6. More than 400 Airmen from across the Air Force Reserve Recruiting Service attended the annual DFT program Nov. 5-9, 2022 in Orlando, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Bobby Pilch) Share

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

Brig. Gen. Melissa A. Coburn, 22nd Air Force Commander, passes the 403rd Wing guidon to incoming commander for the wing, Col. John F. Benson, during a change of command ceremony at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., Nov. 2, 2023. The ceremony is a military tradition dating back to the time of Frederick the Great of Prussia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Shelton Sherrill) Share

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

A WC-130J Super Hercules aircraft assigned to the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron departs Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., Oct. 21, 2022. The squadron is tasked with flying 12-hourly fix missions into Tropical Storm Roslyn until the system makes landfall. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kristen Pittman) Share

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

A WC-130J Super Hercules aircraft assigned to the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron departs Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., Oct. 21, 2022. The squadron supports weather reconnaissance year-round in tropical cyclones, winter storms, and atmospheric rivers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kristen Pittman) Share

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

Staff Sgt. Kristen Pittman, 403rd Wing public affairs specialist, reenlisted into the Air Force Reserve. The public affairs career field is one of the areas available for a bonus during Fiscal Year 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Jessica Kendziorek) Share

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

Senior Master Sgt. Jay Latham, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron loadmaster, calibrates a dropsonde during a mission Sept. 28, 2022 into Hurricane Ian as it made landfall in Florida. The Hurricane Hunters gather weather data using the dropsonde by 'dropping' it from the WC-130J Super Hercules and it collects dew point, pressure, temperature, wind speed and direction and send that information back to the aircraft, which is then sent to the National Hurricane Center to be used for improvement in updating the forecast models of storm tracks. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jessica L. Kendziorek) Share

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

Maj. Forrest Heintz, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron pilot, left, and Maj. Kendall Dunn, pilot and aircraft commander, fly into Hurricane Ian Sept. 28, 2022.The 53rd WRS, also known as the U.S. Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters, have flown 14 missions into Ian since Sept. 21, 2022, to gather vital weather data for use in National Hurricane Center forecasts. The unit is assigned to the 403rd Wing, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., and the unit is the only one of its kind in the Department of Defense. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lt. Col. Marnee A.C. Losurdo) Share