Officially known as the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron and headquartered at Keesler Air Force Base, the Hurricane Hunters have an illustrious history dating to 1943, when an Army Airs Corps ...

Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi is home to some of the most courageous pilots in the world. The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron is the only one of its kind. They are known as Hurricane ...

PASCAGOULA, Miss., May 05, 2020 -- Shipbuilders watched and cheered today as the Hurricane Hunters from Keesler Air Force Base’s 403rd Wing flew over Huntington Ingalls.

The National Hurricane Center is tracking a low-pressure system over the Gulf with a small chance of tropical development. Hurricane Hunters will investigate it Thursday, but it’s expected to ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Lt. Col. Sean Cross, Chief of Safety for the 403rd Wing of the Hurricane Hunters is one of the few pilots who has been inside Hurricane Katrina. Keesler Airforce Base in ...

An aircraft experienced major turbulence while flying into, now Category 6, Hurricane Milton. The aircraft was a WP-3D Orion plane that was named 'Miss Piggy' and sent to collect data for the ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Lt. Col. Sean Cross, chief of safety for the 403rd Wing of the Hurricane Hunters, is one of the few pilots who has been inside Hurricane Katrina. Keesler Airforce Base in ...