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Aircrews with the Air Force Reserve’s 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron fly an Oct. 27, 2025, mission into Hurricane Melissa aboard a WC-130J Super Hercules, collecting critical atmospheric data from inside the storm’s eye as the Category 5 system intensified over the Caribbean. The Hurricane Hunters, a 403rd Wing unit at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, conducted 17 missions and 170 flight hours from their forward operating location in Curaçao, providing real-time measurements to the National Hurricane Center. (U.S. Air Force video by Lt. Col. Mark Withee)
| Date Taken: | 10.27.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 11.18.2025 09:15 |
| Category: | B-Roll |
| Video ID: | 986834 |
| VIRIN: | 251027-F-F3652-1001 |
| Filename: | DOD_111385796 |
| Length: | 00:03:07 |
| Location: | KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, MISSISSIPPI, US |
| Downloads: | 5 |
| High-Res. Downloads: | 5 |
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