KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

Master Sgt. Troy Bickham and Staff Sgt. Larry Banks, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron loadmasters, load equipment and U.S. Navy weather buoys onto a WC-130J Super Hercules aircraft April 12 at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. These buoys were dropped in preparation for the Naval Oceanography unmanned systems Gulf of Mexico Operational Demonstration scheduled to take place May 30 through June 1 in Gulfport. This joint training opportunity allows the 53rd WRS and Navy personnel to practice collecting and analyzing atmospheric and oceanic data.(U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Heather Heiney) Share

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

These buoys were dropped in preparation for the Naval Oceanography unmanned systems Gulf of Mexico Operational Demonstration scheduled to take place May 30 through June 1 in Gulfport. This joint training opportunity allows the 53rd WRS and Navy personnel to practice collecting and analyzing atmospheric and oceanic data.(U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Heather Heiney) Share

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

Staff Sgt. Larry Banks and Tech. Sgt. Jenna Daniel, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron loadmasters, read instructions for U.S. Navy weather buoys Apirl 12 at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. These buoys were dropped in preparation for the Naval Oceanography unmanned systems Gulf of Mexico Operational Demonstration scheduled to take place May 30 through June 1 in Gulfport. This joint training opportunity allows the 53rd WRS and Navy personnel to practice collecting and analyzing atmospheric and oceanic data.(U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Heather Heiney) Share

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

Staff Sgt. Larry Banks and Tech. Sgt. Jenna Daniel, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron loadmasters, tie down U.S. Navy weather buoys Apirl 12 at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. These buoys were dropped in preparation for the Naval Oceanography unmanned systems Gulf of Mexico Operational Demonstration scheduled to take place May 30 through June 1 in Gulfport. This joint training opportunity allows the 53rd WRS and Navy personnel to practice collecting and analyzing atmospheric and oceanic data.(U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Heather Heiney) Share

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

Staff Sgt. Larry Banks, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron loadmaster, guids a truck with U.S. Navy weather buoys toward a WC-130 Super Hercules Aircraft April 12 at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. These buoys were dropped in preparation for the Naval Oceanography unmanned systems Gulf of Mexico Operational Demonstration scheduled to take place May 30 through June 1 in Gulfport. This joint training opportunity allows the 53rd WRS and Navy personnel to practice collecting and analyzing atmospheric and oceanic data.(U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Heather Heiney) Share

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

Staff Sgt. Larry Banks, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron loadmaster, reads instructions for U.S. Navy weather buoys Apirl 12 at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. These buoys were dropped in preparation for the Naval Oceanography unmanned systems Gulf of Mexico Operational Demonstration scheduled to take place May 30 through June 1 in Gulfport. This joint training opportunity allows the 53rd WRS and Navy personnel to practice collecting and analyzing atmospheric and oceanic data.(U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Heather Heiney) Share

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

U.S. Navy weather buoys are strapped down in a WC-130J Super Hercules Aircraft April 12 at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. These buoys were dropped in preparation for the Naval Oceanography unmanned systems Gulf of Mexico Operational Demonstration scheduled to take place May 30 through June 1 in Gulfport. This joint training opportunity allows the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron and Navy personnel to practice collecting and analyzing atmospheric and oceanic data.(U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Heather Heiney) Share

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

1st Lt. J. Kelsie Carpenter, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron aerial reconnaissance squadron officer, collects meteorological data during Hurricane Matthew Oct. 7, 2016. This data is sent to the National Hurricane Center to improve forecast track and intensity models. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Marnee A.C. Losurdo) Share

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

Aircraft commander Lt. Col. Dwyane Russell (left) and Lt. Col. Jim Burgess, co-pilot, fly through Hurricane Matthew Oct. 7, 2016 to collect storm data. This data is sent to the National Hurricane Center to improve forecast track and intensity models.(U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Marnee A.C. Losurdo) Share

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

Master Sgt. Kathy Wheelock, 403rd Maintenance Squadron engine manager, and Frank Kraus, Rolls Royce airframe and power plant mechanic, look at a gear mounted accessory drive before installing a new propeller brake. Rolls Royce employees are traveling from base to base working with Airmen for a fleet-wide upgrade of engines in every C-130J aircraft.(U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Heather Heiney) Share

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

Frank Kraus, Rolls Royce airframe and power plant mechanic, opens up a gear mounted accessory drive before installing a new propeller brake. Rolls Royce employees are traveling from base to base working with Airmen for a fleet-wide upgrade of engines in every C-130J aircraft.(U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Heather Heiney) Share

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

Frank Kraus, Rolls Royce airframe and power plant mechanic, opens up a gear mounted accessory drive before installing a new propeller brake. Rolls Royce employees are traveling from base to base working with Airmen for a fleet-wide upgrade of engines in every C-130J aircraft.(U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Heather Heiney) Share