May 21, 2025 Hurricane Hunters “Roll Out” for 2025 Atlantic hurricane season As part of the “Roll Out,” the Air Force Reserve’s 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron and 403rd Wing maintenance and support personnel based at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., prepositioned aircraft parts, tools, and communication systems at Henry E. Rohlsen Airport, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands,
May 16, 2020 Hurricane Hunters fly first mission of 2020 Atlantic Season The Hurricane Hunters departed today on their first storm tasking of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season to investigate an area for possible development into a tropical depression or storm near the Bahamas.
Dec. 2, 2019 Hurricane Hunters reflect on 2019 Hurricane season Andrea, Barry, Dorian, Fernand, Humberto, Jerry, Karen, Lorena, Nestor and Olga. At first glance one may think this is a list popular baby names for the year, but they’re the names of nine storms the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron flew into during this year’s hurricane season. The 2019