Lt. Col. Roger Gardiner and Maj. Scot Salminen fly a WC-130J "Hurricane Hunter" during a training mission June 7 to Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., from St. Croix, Colonel Gardiner is the aircraft commander and Major Salminen is chief of training for the 403rd Operations Support Squadron. The training mission covered the Air Force Reserve Command's weather reconnaissance mission as they enter Hurricane Season, which began June 1.

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Lt. Col. Roger Gardiner and Maj. Scot Salminen fly a WC-130J "Hurricane Hunter" during a training mission June 7 to Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., from St. Croix, Colonel Gardiner is the aircraft commander and Major Salminen is chief of training for the 403rd Operations Support Squadron. The training mission covered the Air Force Reserve Command's weather reconnaissance mission as they enter Hurricane Season, which began June 1.

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