An Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircrew flies into Hurricane Douglas July 24, 2020, to collect weather data to assist the Central Pacific Hurricane Center with their forecasts. (Lt. Col. Marnee Losurdo/Air Force)Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters use dropsondes to collect weather data such as wind speed, wind direction, pressure and temperature. Several of these were dropped into Hurricane Douglas July 24, 2020, The data the Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters collect is send to the Central Pacific Hurricane Center to assist with their forecasts. (Lt. Col. Marnee Losurdo/Air Force)Maj. Tobi Baker, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron aerial reconnaissance weather officer, reviews weather data collected while flying in Hurricane Douglas July 26, 2020. The Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircrew flew into the first hurricane of the Pacific season to collect weather data to assist the Central Pacific Hurricane Center with their forecasts. The 53rd WRS, assigned to the 403rd Wing at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, departed July 22 to conduct operations out of Barbers Point Kapolei Airport, Hawaii. (Lt. Col. Marnee Losurdo/Air Force)Capt. Patrick Tift, pilot for the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., flies the WC-130J Super Hercules aircraft into Hurricane Douglas from Barbers Point Kapolei Airport, Hawaii, July 26, 2020. (Senior Airman Kristen Pittman/Air Force)Maj. Douglas Gautrau, aerial reconnaissance weather officer with the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, reviews weather data collected during a mission into Hurricane Douglas July 24, 2020. The data is sent to the Central Pacific Hurricane Center to assist with their forecasts. (Lt. Col. Marnee Losurdo/Air Force)
