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75 years, hunting hurricanes

Air Force Reserve Maj. Nicole Mitchell, aerial reconnaissance weather officer, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, records weather information while flying into Hurricane Irma, Sep. 8, 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 Sgt. Corban Lundborg)

PHOTO BY: Staff Sgt. Corban Lundborg
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DMC-GH4

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LUMIX G VARIO 12-35/F2.8

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28/10

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1/20

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200

IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN

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