Mark Rauscher

Here's to the incredible crews flying Hurricane Hunter aircraft into the heart of the world's most powerful storms. Details from a flight into #HurricaneLee via the Defense Department: "The Air Force Reserve's Hurricane Hunters flight is lit up by lightning inside the eye of Hurricane Lee, Sept. 8, over the Atlantic Ocean. The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, a component of the 403rd Wing located at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi, is a one-of-a-kind organization. It is the only operational unit in the world flying weather reconnaissance on a routine basis. (U.S. Air Force video by Lt. Col. Mark Withee)" 403wg.afrc.af.mil/About/Fact-She… (I only flew in one a severe-weather research flight once - in a P-3 around a thunderhead in Oklahoma. I can't imagine the intensity of these flights into the eyes of hurricanes.)