Hurricane Hunters Talk Shop

Lt Col Jon Talbot, Aerial Reconnaissance Weather Officer for the Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters, explains his role in the Hurricane Hunter mission to Karen Burns and Leslie Fay during the National Security Forum Tour at Maxwell AFB Ala. Burn's husband Lt Col Kelly Burns is a student at Air War College. Leslie Fay, President of the Fairfield, California chamber of commerce, was a guest at the week long Secretary of the Air Force sponsored forum. The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Weather Squadron of the Air Force Reserve 403rd Wing, flies all operational hurricane reconnaissance missions for nation. Hurricane season officially starts June 1. (Air Force Photo/ Lt Col Jerry Lobb)