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Major Brad Roundtree, 53d Weather Reconnaissance Squadron pilot, discusses his unit’s mission with congressional staff members on the Joint Base Andrews, Md., flight line June 28, 2016. In honor of the 100th anniversary of air reserve power, members of the 53d WRS visited Andrews to participate in a C-130 Hercules special-missions demonstration. The 53d WRS is the only flying weather reconnaissance unit in the world flying routine missions to survey tropical and winter storms. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Kat Justen)


AFRC celebrates 100 years of air reserve power with C-130 special missions demo

Major Brad Roundtree, 53d Weather Reconnaissance Squadron pilot, discusses his unit’s mission with congressional staff members on the Joint Base Andrews, Md., flight line June 28, 2016. In honor of the 100th anniversary of air reserve power, members of the 53d WRS visited Andrews to participate in a C-130 Hercules special-missions demonstration. The 53d WRS is the only flying weather reconnaissance unit in the world flying routine missions to survey tropical and winter storms. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Kat Justen)

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Col. Carl Spear is the commander 403rd Aeromedical Staging Squadron that provides home station medical readiness for 1,500 403rd Wing reservists and the wartime tasking to establish medical triage and staging anywhere in the world. He is also an optometrist with over 20 years of experience and is the senior vice president of Eye Care North America for Luxottica, an Italian eyewear company based in Milan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Marnee A.C. Losurdo)
Col. Carl Spear is the commander 403rd Aeromedical Staging Squadron that provides home station medical readiness for 1,500 403rd Wing reservists and the wartime tasking to establish medical triage and staging anywhere in the world. He is also an optometrist with over 20 years of experience and is the senior vice president of Eye Care North America for Luxottica, an Italian eyewear company based in Milan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Marnee A.C. Losurdo)
Official photograph of 403rd Tactical Airlift Wing weather C-130 taken in 1991 (John C. Stennis Space Center photograph 91-355-8)
Official photograph of 403rd Tactical Airlift Wing weather C-130 taken in 1991 (John C. Stennis Space Center photograph 91-355-9)
The U.S. Air Force Reserve’s 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron spent part of June in Sri Lanka flying missions over the Indian Ocean as part of a research project to study the island’s atmosphere and predict monsoon patterns. (Courtesy photo)
Maj. Mark Siviglia, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron pilot, flies into Tropical Storm Chris July 8, 2018, to collect weather data for the National Hurricane Center for use in their forecasts. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Marnee A.C. Losurdo)
Maj. Ryan Rickert, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron aerial reconnaissance weather officer, reviews data gathered during Tropical Storm Chris July 8, 2018. This information is sent to the National Hurricane Center for use in their forecasts and advisories. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Marnee A.C. Losurdo)
Lt. Col. Ryan Cesulka, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron pilot and aircraft commander for the mission into Tropical Storm Chris July 8, 2018, prebriefs the crew. The Air Force Reserve’s Hurricane Hunters spent the weekend flying weather reconnaissance missions into Tropical Storm Chris off the North Carolina coastline and Tropical Storm Beryl in the Caribbean Sea to gather data for the National Hurricane Center in Miami. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Marnee A.C. Losurdo)
Tech. Sgt. Zachary Zieman, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron loadmaster and dropsonde operator, assists the aircrew with the engine startup prior to takeoff for a mission into Tropical Storm Chris July 8, 2018, to gather weather data for the National Hurricane Center for use in their forecasts. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Marnee A.C. Losurdo)
Master Sgt. Troy Bickham, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron loadmaster, loads a dropsonde during a routine training flight for calibration testing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jessica Kendziorek)
Lt. Col. Sean Cross, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron pilot, speaks to Maj. Gen. Robert LaBrutta, 2nd Air Force commander, during a 403rd Wing immersion tour Feb. 3 at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Heather Heiney)
Tech. Sgt. Karen Moore, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron loadmaster, prepares dropsondes during flight before entering Hurricane Irma just before it makes landfall Sept. 10, 2017. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jessica Kendziorek)