Hurricane Hunters Touch Down for Education, Not Emergency

For most people around the world, the U.S. Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters are only a name tied to breaking emergency weather coverage: when a catastrophic tropical cyclone is barreling toward populated coastlines, these elite pilots and their specially modified aircraft fly straight into the storm’s eye to collect life-saving data that forecasters rely on to track intensity and path. But this week, the Hurricane Hunters are touching down in Belize for an entirely different mission – one centered on education, not disaster response.