The U.S. Air Force Reserve's 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, known as the "Hurricane Hunters," were forced to turn back ...

I was sitting in the middle of a 10-mile-wide stadium of the gods. On all sides, hulking thunderstorms towered high above.

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Turbulence got so bad that the Air Force Reserve's Hurricane Hunters were forced to cut short their daring trip and head back ...