St. THOMAS, U.S.V.I.

U.S. Army Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets form a line to tour a WC-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., at Cyril E. King Airport, St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. April 20, 2022. This tour was part of the 53rd WRS’s Caribbean Hurricane Awareness Tour in conjunction with the National Hurricane Center. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kristen Pittman) Share

ST. THOMAS, U.S.V.I

1st Lt. Amaryllis Cotto, aerial reconnaissance weather officer for the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., speaks to a crowd at Cyril E. King Airport, St. Thomas, U.S.V.I., April 20, 2022. Members of St. Thomas’s port authority, Civil Air Patrol, U.S.V.I. Police Department, and other first responders were in attendance for the 2022 National Hurricane Center’s Caribbean Hurricane Awareness Tour. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kristen Pittman) Share

ST. THOMAS, U.S.V.I.

1st Lt. Amaryllis Cotto, aerial reconnaissance weather officer for the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., speaks to a crowd at Cyril E. King Airport, St. Thomas, U.S.V.I., April 20, 2022. Members of St. Thomas’s port authority, Civil Air Patrol, U.S.V.I. Police Department, and other first responders were in attendance for the 2022 National Hurricane Center’s Caribbean Hurricane Awareness Tour. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kristen Pittman) Share

ST. THOMAS, U.S.V.I.

1st Lt. Amaryllis Cotto, aerial reconnaissance weather officer for the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., speaks to Alli Bourne-Vanneck of USVI News at Cyril E. King Airport, St. Thomas, U.S.V.I., April 20, 2022. The interview took place during a stop on the 2022 Caribbean Hurricane Awareness Tour which is an opportunity for members of the 53rd WRS and National Hurricane Center to speak about hurricane preparedness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kristen Pittman) Share

SAN JUAN, P.R.

Capt. Dwight Manganaro, pilot for the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., takes a picture with local students at Luis Munoz Marin International Airport, San Juan, Puerto Rico, April 21, 2022. The visit to Puerto Rico was part of a Caribbean Hurricane Awareness Tour in tandem with the National Hurricane Center to spread the message of hurricane preparedness to the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kristen Pittman) Share

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO

1st Lt. Amaryllis Cotto, aerial reconnaissance weather officer for the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., speaks to Roberto Cortes, a reporter with Telemeundo Puerto Rico, at Luis Munoz Marin International Airport, San Juan, Puerto Rico, April 21, 2022. The visit to Puerto Rico was part of a Caribbean Hurricane Awareness Tour in tandem with the National Hurricane Center to spread the message of hurricane preparedness to the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kristen Pittman) Share

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

Senior Master Sgt. Spring Walden, 403rd Wing Inspector General Inspections superintendent conducts training for Self-Assessment Program managers April 3, 2022, at the 403rd Wing Headquarters, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. SAPs and SAPMs are a critical aspect of the Air Force Inspection System and assist IGI in validating a unit's compliance in executing the four major graded areas of executing the mission, improving the unit, leading people and managing resources. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lt. Col. Marnee A.C. Losurdo) Share

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

Senior Master Sgt. Spring Walden, 403rd Wing Inspector General Inspections superintendent conducts training for Self-Assessment Program managers April 3, 2022, at the 403rd Wing Headquarters, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. SAPs and SAPMs are a critical aspect of the Air Force Inspection System and assist IGI in validating a unit's compliance in executing the four major graded areas of executing the mission, improving the unit, leading people and managing resources. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lt. Col. Marnee A.C. Losurdo) Share

ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga.

The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron has returned to its roots with a return to a vintage paint scheme and 'Weather' markings on the tail flash, bringing the first of ten WC-130J Super Hercules back to Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, April 5. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Jessica Kendziorek) Share

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

The aircrew from the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, Lt. Cols. Dwayne Russell, Eric Olson and Bryon Hudgins, pilots, and Senior Master Sgt. Jay Latham, loadmaster, stand next to the first of ten WC-130J Super Hercules, after returning to Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, April 5 with the new vintage paint scheme and the 'Weather' markings on the tail flash. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Jessica Kendziorek) Share

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron has returned to its roots with a return to its vintage paint scheme and the 'Weather' markings on the tail flash. The first of ten WC-130J Super Hercules returned after getting the new glossy paint and sits next to the tactical gray painted version at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, April 5. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Jessica Kendziorek) Share

ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga.

Maj. Gen. Jay Jensen, Air Force Reserve Command's special assistant to the AFRC commander and pilots from the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, Lt. Cols. Dwayne Russell, Eric Olson, and Bryon Hudgins stand next to the first of ten WC-130J Super Hercules, that has returned to its roots with a return to its vintage paint scheme and the 'Weather' markings on the tail flash, prior to bringing the aircraft back to Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, April 5. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Jessica Kendziorek) Share