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The 53d Weather Reconnaissance Squadron (AFRC), also known by its nickname, Hurricane Hunters, is a flying unit of the United States Air Force, and "the only Department of Defense organization still flying into tropical storms and hurricanes." Aligned under the 403d Wing of the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) and based at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, with ten aircraft, it flies into tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Central Pacific Ocean for the specific purpose of directly measuring weather data in and around those storms.

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rdfs:comment	The 53d Weather Reconnaissance Squadron (AFRC), also known by its nickname, Hurricane Hunters, is a flying unit of the United States Air Force, and "the only Department of Defense organization still flying into tropical storms and hurricanes." Aligned under the 403d Wing of the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) and based at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, with ten aircraft, it flies into tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Central Pacific Ocean for the specific purpose of directly measuring weather data in and around those storms.
foaf:name	53d Weather Reconnaissance Squadron
foaf:nick	Hurricane Hunters
foaf:depiction
active years end year	1947-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
active years start year	1944-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
aircraft recon	dbpedia:Lockheed_WC-130 dbpedia:Boeing_B-47_Stratojet dbpedia:Boeing_B-50_Superfortress dbpedia:North_American_B-25_Mitchell dbpedia:Boeing_B-29_Superfortress_variants dbpedia:List_of_Boeing_B-17_Flying_Fortress_variants
garrison	Keesler Air Force Base State of Mississippi
identification symbol	125px
military branch	United States Air Force
military unit size	10 aircraft, 20 flight crews
role	Tropical stormweather reconnaissance
thumbnail	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WC-130J_Hercules_of_the_53rd_Weather_Reconnaissance_Squadron.jpg?width=300

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