Hurricane Hunters prepare to fly Tropical Storm Erika

Master Sgt. Troy Bickham, a loadmaster with the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, preps the back of a WC-130J before a deployment to the Caribbean to gather storm data in Hurricane Danny for the National Hurricane Center, Aug. 19, 2015. The Hurricane Hunters completed the last mission for Danny Aug. 24, 2015, and started flying into Tropical Storm Erika Aug. 25, 2015, and moved their operations to Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida, Aug. 26, 2015, as Erika is projected to impact St. Croix, in the U.S. Virgin Islands, the forward operating location for the 53rd WRS. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Brian Lamar)

PHOTO BY: Brian Lamar

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