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53rd WRS reflects on 2019 hurricane season
Dec 03, 2019 - Andrea, Barry, Dorian, Fernand, Humberto, Jerry, Karen, Lorena, Nestor and Olga. At first glance one may think this is a list of popular baby names for the year, but in fact, they’re the names of 10 storms the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron flew into during this year’s hurricane season. [Read more...]
Hunters fly Hurricanes Florence, Olivia
Sep 09, 2018 - The Air Force Reserve's 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron is flying missions into Hurricane Florence over the Atlantic Ocean and Hurricane Olivia over the Pacific Ocean this week. [Read more...]
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Flying Jennies support hurricane relief efforts
Sep 29, 2017 - The U.S. Air Force Reserve's 815th Airlift Squadron spent the last week supporting relief efforts to Caribbean Islands devastated by Hurricanes Maria and Irma this month. [Read more...]
Earth Wind and Fire: Reservists own the skies
Sep 11, 2017 - For the first time in the nearly 70-year history of the Air Force Reserve, all three special mission units have been called to action simultaneously due to a series of catastrophic events that have affected wide swaths of the U.S. [Read more...]
AFRC Hurricane Hunters to fly first tropical systems of season
Jun 19, 2017 - The Air Force Reserve’s 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron is tasked to fly two tropical systems in the Gulf of Mexico today, one east of the Lesser Antilles and another south of the Yucatan. [Read more...]
Hurricane Hunters fly into, collect data on Hurricane Hermine
Sep 02, 2016 - The Air Force Reserve’s 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron flew a fix mission September 1st out of Keesler Air Force Base into Tropical Storm Hermine, which was upgraded to a hurricane mid-flight. [Read more...]
AFRC celebrates 100 years of Reserve Air Power with C-130 special mission demo
Jun 29, 2016 - They’ve been among us for a century now. They look like any other American citizen, blending with the crowd, living normal lives and working normal jobs. [Read more...]
Hurricane Hunters to fly into Tropical Storm Erika from Homestead ARB
Aug 27, 2015 - The U.S. Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters are operating out of Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida, flying WC-130J Hurricane Hunters into Tropical Storm Erika in support of the National Hurricane Center in Miami. [Read more...]
403rd Wing surges C-130s in major exercise
Apr 07, 2014 - Sixteen aircraft from the 403rd Wing took to the skies over the Mississippi Gulf Coast region April 5 in Operation Surge Capacity, a large-ship formation training exercise. [Read more...]
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