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Aerial photo of the Florida Keys inside the eye of Hurricane Irma
170910-F-DB956-0198.JPG Photo By: Staff Sgt. Kyle Brasier

KEESLER AFB, Miss. - The Florida Keys inside the eye of Hurricane Irma from an Air Force Reserve WC-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Sep. 10, 2017. The Air Force Reserve 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron "Hurricane Hunters" fly WC-130J Super Hercules though the eye of active hurricanes to collect weather data using aircraft and externally dropped sensors to provide accurate weather data to the National Hurricane Center on approaching hurricanes. The Reserve Citizen Airmen provide 100 percent of the Air Force capability in low-level, real time data collection in Atlantic and Pacific Ocean tropical weather systems. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Kyle Brasier)


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