KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

Members of Team Top Dawgz, 41st Aerial Port Squadron, gather together to discuss quiz questions the team must answer in the Port Dawg Challenge event at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., Oct. 2, 2021. The team leader, Tech. Sgt. Charles Williams, air terminal operations center representative, writes the answers agreed upon by the team as part of the "fit to fight" portion of the Port Dawg Challenge. The event is organized to enhance and maintain the camaraderie of aerial port Airmen while promoting professionalism, leadership, training and communication between "Port Dawgs." (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael Farrar) Share

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

Members of Team Top Dawgz, 41st Aerial Port Squadron, carry a load as part of the "fit to fight" portion of the Port Dawg Challenge at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., Oct. 2, 2021. This part of the fitness portion has chosen team members lift and share the weight of a packed load as teammates and evaluators observe. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael Farrar) Share

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

Staff Sgt. Nicholas Willig, 41st Aerial Port Squadron air transportation craftsman, participates in the "fit to fight" portion of the Port Dawg Challenge at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., Oct. 2, 2021. This part of the fitness portion has Willig raising a heavy tire tread up to pitch it over multiple times as his teammates and evaluators observe. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael Farrar) Share

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

Staff Sgt. Nicholas Willig,41st Aerial Port Squadron air transportation craftsman, participates in the "fit to fight" portion of the Port Dawg Challenge at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., Oct. 2, 2021. The event is organized to enhance and maintain the camaraderie of aerial port Airmen while promoting professionalism, leadership, training and communication between "Port Dawgs." (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael Farrar) Share

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

Senior Airman Jemyra Smith, 41st Aerial Port Squadron passenger services representative, participates in the "fit to fight" portion of the Port Dawg Challenge at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., Oct. 2, 2021. Part of the fitness portion was a relay course with a team member bear-crawling with twenty pounds of chains on their shoulders to one end of the course, and performing burpees or push-ups before the next team member does the same tasks to complete the relay portion. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael Farrar) Share

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

Master Sgt. Taylor Landry (center), 41st Aerial Port Squadron acting first sergeant and non-commissioned officer in charge of special handling, distributes documents to evaluators of the Port Dawg Challenge at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., Oct. 2, 2021. Landry organized this year's event that is designed to enhance and maintain the camaraderie of aerial port Airmen while promoting professionalism, leadership, training and communication between "Port Dawgs." (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael Farrar) Share

ST. CROIX, US. VI

After the last flight into Hurricane Sam, the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron returned to their forward operation location in the St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, Oct 2, 2021. This location is used to operate 24 hours a day for storms that are located in the Atlantic Ocean that are not within reach of Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Tauston Jackson) Share

ST. CROIX, US. VI

Inside the eye of Hurricane Sam, members of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron collect weather data. The data is sent to the National Hurricane Center, which is used to improve the forecast models and help people prepare. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Joyce Hirai) Share

ST. CROIX, US. VI

Members of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron takeoff for Hurricane Sam to gather weather data for the National Hurricane Center, Sept. 28, 2021. The weather data is collected and sent to the NHC in order to ensure more accurate and up-to-date forecasts and models of the storms. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jessica L. Kendziorek) Share

ST. CROIX, U.S.V.I.

Maj. Joyce Hirai, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron aerial reconnaissance weather officer, checks the data from the dropsonde prior to sending it to the National Hurricane Center as the Hurricane Hunters, fly into Hurricane Sam, Sept. 27, 2021. Hurricane Sam had downgraded to a category 3 hurricane when the AF Reserve Hurricane Hunters entered, but was intensifying before they headed back. The Hurricane Hunters gather data weather data from dropsondes and aircraft sensors, which is given to the NHC to assist them with their forecasts and storm warnings. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jessica L. Kendziorek) Share

ST. CROIX, U.S.V.I.

Lt. Col. Ryan Rickert and Maj. Joyce Hirai, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron aerial reconnaissance weather officers, discuss the weather data as the Hurricane Hunters fly into Hurricane Sam, Sept. 27, 2021. Hurricane Sam had downgraded to a category 3 hurricane when the AF Reserve Hurricane Hunters entered, but was intensifying before they headed back. The Hurricane Hunters gather data weather data from dropsondes and aircraft sensors, which is given to the National Hurricane Center to assist them with their forecasts and storm warnings. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jessica L. Kendziorek) Share

ST. CROIX, U.S.V.I.

Staff Sgt. Keith Taylor, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron loadmaster, prepares dropsondes for the storm as the Hurricane Hunters fly into Hurricane Sam, Sept. 27, 2021. Hurricane Sam had downgraded to a category 3 hurricane when the AF Reserve Hurricane Hunters entered, but was intensifying before they headed back. The Hurricane Hunters gather data weather data from dropsondes and aircraft sensors, which is given to the National Hurricane Center to assist them with their forecasts and storm warnings. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jessica L. Kendziorek) Share