KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

Members from the 502nd Trainer Development Flight oversaw the delivery and set up the new weather reconnaissance weather officer static training station in the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, July 19, 2023. The ARWO static trainer is replica of the weather pallet from the WC-130J Super Hercules and will be used to rerun previous mission to assist in training new weather officers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jessica L. Kendziorek) Share

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

Lt. Col. Tobi Baker, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron aerial reconnaissance weather officer instructor, demonstrates where the instructor would start and run a scenario for a weather officer trainee, while Maj. Ian Park, 53rd WRS ARWO, sits in the weather officer's seat of the static trainer waiting for the scenario to begin. The ARWO static trainer is replica of the weather pallet from the WC-130J Super Hercules and will be used to rerun previous mission to assist in training new weather officers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jessica L. Kendziorek) Share

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

Members from the 502nd Trainer Development Flight oversaw the delivery and set up the new weather reconnaissance weather officer static training station in the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, July 19, 2023. The ARWO static trainer is replica of the weather pallet from the WC-130J Super Hercules and will be used to rerun previous mission to assist in training new weather officers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jessica L. Kendziorek) Share

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

1st Lt. Jennie White, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron aerial reconnaissance weather officer, reads data from her station during a flight into Hurricane Sally September 13, 2020, in the Gulf of Mexico. The Hurricane Hunters fly through tropical systems to gather weather data that they provide to the National Hurricane Center for their use in updating the storm forecast warnings. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo) Share

BRUNSWICK GOLDEN ISLES AIRPORT, Ga.

Warren Madden, senior meteorologist and lead of Chief, Aerial Reconnaissance Coordination All Hurricanes team, talks with local media during the Hurricane Awareness Tour May 10, 2019, in Brunswick, Georgia. The purpose of the HAT is to help create a weather-ready nation by raising awareness for the upcoming hurricane season occurring June 1 - Nov. 30, with emphasis this year on raising awareness about inland flooding. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Carranza) Share

Saint Criox, U.S. Virgin Islands

Senior Airman Donny Arseneaux, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron loadmaster, explains the data on his station to Maj. Joyce Hirai, 53rd WRS aerial reconnaissance weather officer, June 17 over St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. The Hurricane Hunters deployed to St. Croix to fly training missions over the Caribbean in preparation for the 2020 hurricane season. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Carranza) Share

Saint Croix, U.S.Virgin Islands

Lt. Col. Kaitlyn Woods, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron chief aerial reconnaissance weather officer, annotates notes during a flight to St. Croix June 15. The Hurricane Hunters deployed to St. Croix to fly training missions over the Caribbean in preparation for the 2020 hurricane season. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Carranza) Share

Saint Croix, U.S.Virgin Islands.

Maj. Joyce Hirai, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron aerial reconnaissance weather officer, talks over the radio during a flight over St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, June 17. The Hurricane Hunters deployed to St. Croix to fly training missions over the Caribbean in preparation for the 2020 hurricane season. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Carranza) Share

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

Capt. Davis White, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron aerial reconnaissance weather officer, reads weather data during Tropical Storm Cristobal June 5, 2020 over the Gulf of Mexico. The Hurricane Hunters were tasked to fly a fixed mission to locate the center of Tropical Storm Cristobal and the data gathered was sent to the National Hurricane Center for their weather model forecasts. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Carranza) Share

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

Lt. Col. Ryan Rickert, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron aerial reconnaissance weather officer, talks live via Skype with the host and participants of the National Tropical Weather Conference May 21, 2020, at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. Rickert was accompanied by Capt. Garret Black, 53rd WRS ARWO, online to explain the Hurricane Hunter mission, their experiences flying storms, and the importance of being prepared for hurricane season. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Carranza) Share

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

Ashley Lundry, a flight director for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Hurricane Hunters in Lakeland Fla., stands in front of a Lockheed WP-3D Orion at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., Nov. 13, 2019. Lundry is also an aerial reconnaissance weather officer for the Air Force Reserve's 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron "Hurricane Hunters." (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kristen Pittman) Share

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif.

Maj. Sonia Walker, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron aerial weather reconnaissance officer, checks her tablet for information during an atmospheric river mission Jan. 28, over the Pacific Ocean. The Hurricane Hunters are slated to perform “AR recon” from January through March. Scientists led by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at University of California, San Diego, in partnership with the 53rd WRS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Aviation’s National Weather Service and Office of Marine and Aviation Operations, will be on standby to fly through these ARs over the Pacific to gather data to improve forecasts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Carranza) Share