The "Hurricane Hunters" from Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., flew their first WC-130J Hercules operational mission into a storm May 20, 2005 gathering data about Hurricane Adrian off the coast of El Salvador. In the past, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron crews flew WC-130J's into storms for training and evaluation, not to fulfill a tasking from the National Hurricane Center. (U.S. Air Force file photo)