Gallery: Hurricane Hunters Fly Into the Eye of the Storm for Science — And TV
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Air Force Reserve pilots fly modified cargo planes straight into tropical storm systems. *Photo: Hollis Bennett*
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Cardboard tubes filled with sensors then get dropped from the belly of the craft into the hurricane. *Photo: Hollis Bennett*
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Looking forward into the cockpit of a WC-130J stationed at Keesler AFB, Biloxi, Mississippi *Photo: Hollis Bennett*
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Looking down the flight line at Keesler AFB in Biloxi, Mississippi. *Photo: Hollis Bennett*
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A WC-130J stationed at Keesler AFB, Biloxi, Mississippi *Photo: Hollis Bennett*
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Looking down the flight line at Keesler AFB in Biloxi, Mississippi. *Photo: Hollis Bennett*
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Major Shane Devlin and Major Sean Cross, pilots of a WC-130J stationed at Keesler AFB, Biloxi, Mississippi *Photo: Hollis Bennett*
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Major Sean Cross and Major Shane Devlin in the cockpit of their WC-130J stationed at Keesler AFB, Biloxi, Mississippi *Photo: Hollis Bennett*
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Major Sean Cross going through pre-flight checks inside a WC-130J stationed at Keesler AFB, Biloxi, Mississippi *Photo: Hollis Bennett*
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Major Shane Devlin and Major Sean Cross boarding their WC-130J stationed at Keesler AFB, Biloxi, Mississippi *Photo: Hollis Bennett*
