Hurricane Charley
OVER FLORIDA -- Between penetrations of Hurricane Charley's eye in a C-130H aircraft, Lt. Col. Roy Deatherage discusses weather issues with 2nd Lt. Eileen Govan. Colonel Deatherage is a weather instructor, and Lieutenant Govan is a flight meteorologist. Both Airmen are assigned to the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, better known as the "Hurricane Hunters." The squadron is based at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., and provides surveillance of tropical storms and hurricanes in the Atlantic, Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and Central Pacific for the National Hurricane Center in Miami. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Tracy L. DeMarco)