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A student from the Biloxi High School JROTC team looks out the window of a WC-130J Super Herculese Aircraft. Her team won the Mississippi All Services JRTOC Drill Competition Nov. 18 at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. and had a chance to fly with the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron Hurricane Hunters to learn more about the mission of the Air Force Reserve. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Heather Heiney)


Biloxi High JRTOC students fly with Hurricane Hunters

A student from the Biloxi High School JROTC team looks out the window of a WC-130J Super Herculese Aircraft. Her team won the Mississippi All Services JRTOC Drill Competition Nov. 18 at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. and had a chance to fly with the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron Hurricane Hunters to learn more about the mission of the Air Force Reserve. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Heather Heiney)

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Members of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron “Hurricane Hunters” took part in the 2017 Hurricane Awareness Tour, which made its first stop in Gander, Newfoundland, Canada May 7, 2017. The purpose of the tour, which ran from May 6-12, 2017, was to focus attention on the approaching hurricane season and on protecting communities through preparedness and awareness. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Ryan Labadens)
Tech. Sgt. Thomas Barnaby, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron weather reconnaissance loadmaster, talks to members of the media and public about the weather-data-gathering instrument called the dropsonde in Islip, New York, during the 2017 Hurricane Awareness Tour May 8, 2017. The purpose of the tour, which ran from May 6-12, 2017, was to focus attention on the approaching hurricane season and on protecting communities through preparedness and awareness. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Ryan Labadens)
Col. Brian May, 403rd Wing Operations Group commander, talks with North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper about the mission of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron “Hurricane Hunters” in Raleigh, North Carolina, during the 2017 Hurricane Awareness Tour May 10, 2017. The purpose of the tour, which ran from May 6-12, 2017, was to focus attention on the approaching hurricane season and on protecting communities through preparedness and awareness. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Ryan Labadens)
Dr. Rick Knabb, National Hurricane Center director, addresses media at a press conference in Orlando, Florida, during the 2017 Hurricane Awareness Tour May 11, 2017. The purpose of the tour, which ran from May 6-12, 2017, was to focus attention on the approaching hurricane season and on protecting communities through preparedness and awareness. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Ryan Labadens)
Lt. Col. Shannon Hailes, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron instructor pilot, talks to members of the public about the capabilities of the squadron’s WC-130J Hercules aircraft in Arlington, Virginia, during the 2017 Hurricane Awareness Tour May 9, 2017. The purpose of the tour, which ran from May 6-12, 2017, was to focus attention on the approaching hurricane season and on protecting communities through preparedness and awareness. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Ryan Labadens)
Members of the public view a WC-130J Hercules aircraft from the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron “Hurricane Hunters” in Arlington, Virginia, during the 2017 Hurricane Awareness Tour May 9, 2017. The purpose of the tour, which ran from May 6-12, 2017, was to focus attention on the approaching hurricane season and on protecting communities through preparedness and awareness. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Ryan Labadens)
First Lt. Garrett Black, the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron aerial reconnaissance weather officer, talks with members of the media about the Hurricane Hunter mission in Miami, Florida, during the 2017 Hurricane Awareness Tour May 12, 2017. The purpose of the tour, which ran from May 6-12, 2017, was to focus attention on the approaching hurricane season and on protecting communities through preparedness and awareness. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Ryan Labadens)
Tech. Sgt. Nathan Martinez, 302nd Operations Group SERE specialist, shows the members of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron how to find truth north using a compass and map during the land survival portion of Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) refresher training in the woods of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, May 9,2017. (U.S. Air Force photo//Master Sgt. Jessica Kendziorek)
Tech. Sgt. Nathan Martinez, 302nd Operations Group SERE specialist, reviews map reading with members of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron during the land survival portion of Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape refresher training in the woods of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, May 9, 2017. (U.S. Air Force photo//Master Sgt. Jessica Kendziorek)
Members of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron follow Technical Sgt. Karen Moore, 53rd WRS loadmaster, who leads the way using a compass during the land survival portion of Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) refresher training in the woods of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, May 9,2017. (U.S. Air Force photo//Master Sgt. Jessica Kendziorek)
Members of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron float at sea, waiting for rescue during joint training between the 53rd WRS and the U.S. Coast Guard, based out of Puerto Rico, in the water survival portion of Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) refresher training in the coastal waters of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, May 8,2017. (U.S. Air Force photo//Master Sgt. Jessica Kendziorek)
Members of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron review how to use and get into a one man life raft during the water survival portion of Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) refresher training in the coastal waters of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, May 8,2017. (U.S. Air Force photo//Master Sgt. Jessica Kendziorek)