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Scott Maucione: Air Force reconnaissance squadron tracks winter storms

The Air Force’s 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron spends its summer and fall flying into hurricanes. In the winter season, it flies around blizzards to mea...

Tom Temin@tteminWFED

January 4, 2016 8:36 am

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Scott Maucione, DoD reporter, Federal News Radio

The Air Force’s 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron spends its summer and fall flying into hurricanes. In the winter season, it flies around blizzards to measure wind speed and trajectory. Federal News Radio reporter Scott Maucione caught up with the squadron’s Chief Meteorologist Lt. Col. Jon Talbot to find how just how they do it and shared that report on Federal Drive with Tom Temin. Read Scott's related story.