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        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders      Photo of WC-130J preparing for take off.Airmen document Hurricane Irma with Hurricane Hunters
                        
                        
                        Tech. Sgt. Jenna Daniel, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron loadmaster at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., communicates with the pilots of WC-130J Super Hercules during engine start for a mission to fly through the eye of Hurricane Irma, Sep. 10, 2017. The Air Force Reserve 53rd WRS "Hurricane Hunters" fly through hurricanes to collect weather data using aircraft and externally dropped sensors to provide accurate weather data to the National Hurricane Center. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Kyle Brasier)
                
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        Aerial photo of the Florida Keys inside the eye of Hurricane IrmaAirmen document Hurricane Irma with Hurricane Hunters
                        
                        
                        The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron "Hurricane Hunters" fly WC-130J Super Hercules through the eye of active hurricanes to collect weather data using aircraft and externally dropped sensors to provide accurate weather data to the National Hurricane Center on approaching hurricanes, Sep. 10, 2017. The Reserve Airmen provide 100 percent of the Air Force capability in low-level, real time data collection in Atlantic and Pacific Ocean tropical weather systems. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Kyle Brasier)
                
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        Air Force Reserve Tech. Sgt. Karen Moore, loadmaster, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi,  holds a Dropsonde while flying into Hurricane Irma Sep. 8, 2017.Airmen document Hurricane Irma with Hurricane Hunters
                        
                        
                        Tech. Sgt. Karen Moore, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron loadmaster at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., holds a dropsonde while flying into Hurricane Irma Sep. 8, 2017. The 53rd WRS "Hurricane Hunters" fly WC-130J Super Hercules through the eye of active hurricanes to collect weather data using aircraft and externally dropped sensors to provide accurate weather data to the National Hurricane Center on approaching hurricanes. The Reserve Airmen provide 100 percent of the Air Force capability in low-level, real time data collection in Atlantic and Pacific Ocean tropical weather systems. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Kyle Brasier)
                
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        Air Force Reserve Maj. Lucas Caulder, pilot, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, pilots a WC-130J Super Hercules though clouds illuminated by lighting as they heads into a low-level pass though Hurricane Irma Sep. 8, 2017.Airmen document Hurricane Irma with Hurricane Hunters
                        
                        
                        Maj. Lucas Caulder, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron pilot at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., pilots a WC-130J Super Hercules through clouds illuminated by lightning as they head into a low-level pass through Hurricane Irma, Sep. 8, 2017. The Air Force Reserve 53rd WRS "Hurricane Hunters" fly WC-130J Super Hercules through the eye of active hurricanes to collect weather data using aircraft and externally dropped sensors to provide accurate weather data to the National Hurricane Center on approaching hurricanes. The Reserve Airmen provide 100 percent of the Air Force capability in low-level, real time data collection in Atlantic and Pacific Ocean tropical weather systems. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Kyle Brasier)
                
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        Air Force Reserve Tech. Sgt. Karen Moore, loadmaster, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, records weather information while flying into Hurricane Irma, Sep. 8, 2017.Airmen document Hurricane Irma with Hurricane Hunters
                        
                        
                        Tech. Sgt. Karen Moore, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron loadmaster at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., records weather information while flying into Hurricane Irma, Sep. 8, 2017. Reserve Airmen provide 100 percent of the Air Force capability in low-level, real time data collection on Atlantic and Pacific Ocean tropical weather systems. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Corban Lundborg)
                
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Airmen document Hurricane Irma with Hurricane HuntersPublished Sept. 12, 2017
                    
                    By Maj. Hamilton B. Underwood
                    
                    
                    4th Combat Camera Squadron
            **JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, S.C. (AFNS) --**It’s not often that Air Force reservists arrive at Unit Training Assembly “weekend drill,” and in short order find themselves flying into the eye of a hurricane, but that’s exactly what happened to Staff Sgts. Kyle Brasier and Corban Lundborg with the 4th Combat Camera Squadron, Joint Base Charleston.
The two combat camera Reserve Airmen were en route from their homes in Stevensville, Michigan and Venice, California, respectively, when they were informed the UTA had been postponed due to the impending landfall of Hurricane Irma. They arrived as the evacuation order was issued and immediately attempted to book a return flight home, but were diverted to the hurricane instead of away from it.
Air Force Reserve Command rerouted them to Keesler Air Force Base, Missisippi, where they joined their fellow Reserve Airmen of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, "The Hurricane Hunters.” Brasier and Lundborg soon found themselves in a WC-130J Super Hercules flying through the eye of Hurricane Irma, documenting efforts to collect weather data using externally dropped sensors.
The sensors provide accurate weather data to the National Hurricane Center. Low-level, real-time data collection in Atlantic and Pacific Ocean tropical weather systems can be a vital mission that is unique capability to the Air Force Reserve.
An artist who makes his living working in multiple mediums, Lundborg recently joined the 4th CTCS. 
“This is exactly why I joined combat camera,” he said. “I can combine my talent for visual storytelling and my desire to serve my country into a single action that has an immediate impact. ”
Lundborg’s video has been picked up by multiple media organizations reaching millions and providing near real-time imagery. 
A photojournalist who recently completed back-to-back missions in support of exercises Mobility Guardian and Patriot Warrior, Brasier was ready for the next opportunity to tell the Air Force story.
“I take tremendous pride in being an Air Force reservist and when I can tell the Citizen Airmen, it’s awesome,” said Brasier. “These Hurricane Hunters have a vital mission that I enjoyed documenting.”
The two flew two missions passing through the eye of Hurricane Irma eight times before heading home after 22 hours of flight time with the 53rd WRS.AFRC 



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