Master Sgt. Vince Burden logs the dropsonde serial number onboard a WC-130J Super Hercules over the Atlantic Ocean while tracking tropical storms Sept. 17, 2010. The dropsonde is a GPS instrument that measures weather data and relays it back to the aircraft. Sergeant Burden is a loadmaster with the Air Force Reserve Command’s 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. Staff Sgt. Michael B. Keller

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