The sun is setting through the front cockpit of the WC-130J Hercules used for flying the Hurricane Hunters that took off from Savanah Air National Guard Base, Savanah, GA Airport, September 13, 2018. The Air Force Reserve 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, or Hurricane Hunters, is conducting a storm tasking mission into Hurricane Florence using a WC-130J Hercules, currently a category 2 storm. The flight 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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