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A WC-130J Super Hercules aircraft, assigned to the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, features an external dropsonde tube that provides the launch point for instruments released into the storm at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Aug. 6, 2026. The loadmaster launches the dropsonde from inside the aircraft and it drops from the belly of the aircraft directly into the storm below. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Stacey Thornburg)
| Date Taken: | 08.06.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 08.18.2026 16:52 |
| Photo ID: | 9876191 |
| VIRIN: | 260806-F-RC519-1036 |
| Resolution: | 5071x3374 |
| Size: | 5.23 MB |
| Location: | KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, MISSISSIPPI, US |
| Web Views: | 4 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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