KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

Official photo of Lt. Col. William D. Magee (U.S. Air Force photo by Jessica L. Kendziorek) (cropped to 8x10) Share

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

Master Sgt. Jared Bryant, 403rd Force Support Squadron first sergeant, is the first full-time first sergeant, or "shirt," to work for the 403rd Wing. He serves as an Active Guard Reserve, in the role of the 403rd Wing's Resiliency First Sergeant during the month and the 403rd FSS first sergeant during unit training assembly weekends. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jessica Kendziorek) Share

SAN ANTONIO, Texas

U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen participating in the summer internship program, Training and Research in Oceanic and Atmospheric Processes in Tropical Cyclones (TROPIC), pose for a photo in San Antonio after completing flights into Hurricane Ida. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Navy Capt. Beth Sanabia) Share

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

U.S. Navy Capt. (Dr.) Beth Sanabia, instructor of oceanography at the U.S. Naval Academy, loads an Airborne eXpendable Bathythermograph for launch during a flight into Hurricane Ida Aug. 29, 2021. Each summer, Sanabia and midshipmen from the USNA, as well as personnel from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute participate in an internship studying the ocean’s temperatures ahead of tropical systems. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kristen Pittman) Share

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

1st Lt. Amaryllis Cotto, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron aerial reconnaissance weather officer, monitors data collected in Hurricane Ida Aug. 29, 2021. Hurricane Ida made landfall as a category 4 hurricane in Louisiana. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kristen Pittman) Share

SAN ANTONIO, Texas

U.S. Naval Academy Midshipman 1st Class (senior) Greg Peterson and Midshipman 2nd Class (junior) Lilli Hirth, both participants in the summer internship program, Training and Research in Oceanic and Atmospheric Processes in Tropical Cyclones (TROPIC), conduct pre-mission checks in San Antonio prior to flying into Hurricane Ida for data collection. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Navy Capt. Beth Sanabia) Share

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

1st Lt. Amaryllis Cotto, aerial reconnaissance weather officer for the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., looks at atmospheric data collected during a flight into Hurricane Ida Aug. 27, 2021. The data collected helps forecasters better predict the path of a tropical system. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kristen Pittman) Share

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

1st Lt. Tim Viere, pilot for the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., steers a WC-130J toward Hurricane Ida off the coast of Cuba Aug. 27, 2021. The flight left from Keesler and recovered in San Antonio in order to avoid forecasted impacts from the storm as well as continue to support the data collection mission of the 53rd. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kristen Pittman) Share

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

A WC-130J assigned to the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., takes off as a C-130J assigned to the 815th Airlift Squadron taxis to takeoff Aug. 27, 2021. Both squadrons evacuated to Kelly Field in San Antonio Texas ahead of anticipated Hurricane Ida. (U.S. Air Force by Staff Sgt. Kristen Pittman) Share

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

A WC-130J Super Hercules aircraft assigned to the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., approaches the outskirts of Hurricane Ida Aug. 27, 2021. The squadron flies into tropical systems to collect atmospheric data for forecasting purposes and is the only one of its kind in the Department of Defense. (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 at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., sits on the flight line Aug. 27, 2021. The 53rd WRS flies reconnaissance missions into tropical systems to collect data the National Hurricane Center uses for forecasting. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kristen Pittman) Share

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

Master Sgt. Megan Hayden, 2nd Lt. Kyra Traino, Airman 1st Class Tobias Frank, and Staff Sgt. Maya Hurley, all of the C-130 Weapons System Management Flight at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., stand in front of a WC-130J assigned to the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., prior to an incentive flight Aug. 25, 2021. The 32-person flight oversees parts accessioning for 454 C-130Js in 59 locations across the globe. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kristen Pittman) Share