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The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron “Hurricane Hunters” fly through Tropical Storm Gustav on Aug. 27. The Hurricane Hunters are flying daily weather reconnaissance missions into Tropical Storm Gustav from Homestead Air Reserve Base to aid the National Weather Service in providing the storm’s projected path to the American public. The squadron, a component of the 403rd Wing located at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Miss., is the only operational unit in the world flying weather reconnaissance on a routine basis. They provide surveillance of tropical storms and hurricanes in the Atlantic, Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and Central Pacific for the National Hurricane Center. The unit also flies winter storm missions off both coasts of the United States. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Erik Hofmeyer)

Hurricane Hunters patrol Gustav from Homestead Air Reserve Base

The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron “Hurricane Hunters” fly through Tropical Storm Gustav on Aug. 27. The Hurricane Hunters are flying daily weather reconnaissance missions into Tropical Storm Gustav from Homestead Air Reserve Base to aid the National Weather Service in providing the storm’s projected path to the American public. The squadron, a component of the 403rd Wing located at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Miss., is the only operational unit in the world flying weather reconnaissance on a routine basis. They provide surveillance of tropical storms and hurricanes in the Atlantic, Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and Central Pacific for the National Hurricane Center. The unit also flies winter storm missions off both coasts of the United States. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Erik Hofmeyer)

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Airman 1st Class Joel Bernal, an F-16 crew chief with the 482nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, has been selected as one of approximately 1,000 candidates in the nation to be offered a position in U.S. Air Force Academy's 2021 graduating class. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Leo Castellano)

Airman 1st Class Joel Bernal, right, with F-16 pilot and USAFA graduate Capt. Kyle Miller. Bernal an F-16 crew chief with the 482nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron has been selected as one of approximately 1,000 candidates in the nation to be offered a position in U.S. Air Force Academy's 2021 graduating class. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Leo Castellano)

F-16 from Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla.

Tech. Sgt. Jose Rosado, assigned to the 482nd Security Forces Squadron, Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., stands with mother Janelly Rivera and baby Rivera after he saved their lives when their car went into a canal along with father John Rivera on Jan. 29, 2016. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Aja Heidan)

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