Air Force 1st Lt. Darby Maier, a CJ-3 senior duty officer with Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), watches Tech. Sgt. Chris Bieber, a weather technician with CJTF-HOA, ties a wire on a weather balloon before the balloon launch at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, May 21, 2021. Weather balloons allow for the collection of atmospheric data which allows for more precise model initialization, ultimately improving forecast accuracy.

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