The Biloxi-based Hurricane Hunters are spread thin. Officially known as the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron and headquartered at Keesler Air Force Base, the Hurricane Hunters have an illustrious ...

BILOXI, Miss. -- The Atlantic Hurricane Season is here, and forecasters are predicting it will be one of the most active on record because of climate conditions and abnormally warm ocean temperatures.

Hurricane Melissa became a Category 5 hurricane on Monday, and the U.S. Air Force Reserve is among the agencies keeping an eye on the storm. On Sunday and Monday, as the storm was approaching Jamaica, ...

The Air Force Reserve’s 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, not NOAA, flew into the December 2025 atmospheric river that caused historic flooding in Western Washington. Earlier this week, we ...

The U.S. Air Force Reserve's 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron had a rough ride this week in Hurricane Melissa, having to turn back early twice due to unusually strong turbulence. The early return ...

A WC-130J "hurricane hunter" plane assigned to the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron prepares to fly into Hurricane Douglas, July 26, 2020. (Lt. Col. Marnee A.C. Losurdo/Air Force) OVER THE ...

Parachutes aren’t an option for the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron “Hurricane Hunters” when they fly into Hurricane Ian as it intensifies on its way to Florida. The Air Force Reservists ...

Have you ever wondered what it's like in the eye of a hurricane? It's another day on the job if you ask the aviation specialists commonly known as Hurricane Hunters. Hurricane Hunters fly turboprop ...

Lt. Col. Dave Gentile, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron aircraft commander, and Maj. Alex Boykin, 53rd WRS pilot, steer a WC-130J Super Hercules aircraft inside the eye of Hurricane Ian Sept. 27, ...