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TIL there is a flying unit of the United States Air Force; The 53d Weather Reconnaissance Squadron (AFRC), also known by its nickname, Hurricane Hunters, that flies into tropical storms and hurricanes for the specific purpose of directly measuring weather data in and around those storms.

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