Air Force Master Sergeant Tom Barnaby, sits in the loadmaster position preparing sonotubes and writing down information to track their data before deployment. 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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