A dropsonde sits in the launch tube during a 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron mission into Hurricane Ida Aug. 27, 2021. The apparatus is launched from the aircraft and parachutes to the surface of the ocean measuring barometric pressure, wind speed, and temperature.

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Keywords: 403rd, afrc, keesler, wing