A Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Jerry Rutland is in control of the HC-130J Hercules as it turns through the eye of hurricane Florence, Savanah Air National Guard Base, Savanah, GA Airport, September 12, 2018. The Air Force Reserve 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, or Hurricane Hunters, is conducting a storm tasking mission into Hurricane Florence, currently a category 4 storm. The tasking provides critical and timely weather data for the National Hurricane Center to assist in providing up-to-date and accurate information for storm forecasts.

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