Hurricane Hunters ✓

@53rdWRS · Keesler Air Force Base · joined 05 May 2016

Official page of the @403rdWing Air Force Reserve #HurricaneHunters (Following, RT and likes do not equal endorsement) For media inquiries: 403wg.pa2@us.af.mil

169 476Followers

135Following

2 449Posts total

171KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

11 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. reaches fewer people than peers of the same size.

Median views1 694this account4 294median for 100K–1M

Reach, %1.00%this account1.80%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %1.28%this account1.48%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	1 694	4 294	0.39×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	1.00%	1.80%	0.56×
Engagement rate	1.28%	1.48%	0.87×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

8.6K26 Aug

25.5K28 Aug

141

234

172

6.5K31 Aug

8K3 Sep

117.5K4 Sep

1.7K5 Sep

1.2K

1.4K

Last 11 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

2.79%26 Aug

3.74%28 Aug

0.71%

1.28%

0.00%

1.83%31 Aug

2.91%3 Sep

1.85%4 Sep

0.35%5 Sep

0.16%

1.08%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.48%.

What the audience does

Likes78.8%3 125 in total

Reposts13.9%552 in total

Replies0.7%26 in total

Quotes1.2%47 in total

Bookmarks5.5%218 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

Latest posts

@53rdWRS The "stadium effect" is always amazing. 1.4K views · 15 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 05 Sep 2026 @53rdWRS Amazing photos (love the weather radar!), something only a few of us will get to see. 1.2K views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 05 Sep 2026 @53rdWRS Thanks for taking us along for the ride! Mother Nature is incredible. 1.7K views · 6 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 05 Sep 2026 Our crews are currently flying Hurricane Lowell in the Pacific, gathering data real-time and sending to the NOAA NWS National Hurricane Center. The crews have seen a max wind speed at 150 knots and 927 milibars for barometric pressure and it shows strengthening. Video and https 117.5K views · 1.8K likes · 371 reposts · 13 replies 04 Sep 2026 As Tropical Storm Edouard approached landfall earlier this week, @USAFReserve Hurricane Hunters flew directly into the storm in the early morning hours to collect critical data that helped forecast models keep communities informed. 🌀✈️ Flying through a storm takes resilience. ht 8K views · 205 likes · 25 reposts · 3 replies 03 Sep 2026 Members from U.S. Senator Roger Wicker’s office toured @81trwKeeslerAFB, received a brief on the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron mission, and toured one of our WC-130J Super Hercules aircraft. Looking for an eyes-in-the-sky update? Our crews are currently staying busy https 6.5K views · 107 likes · 12 reposts · 0 replies 31 Aug 2026 @53rdWRS The dissipation in question https://t.co/xpNLzW5hHX 172 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 28 Aug 2026 @53rdWRS If this thing comes up thru the gulf of America and slams into Tenn and floods it - the NWS will have mud on their face for leaving this name up and not skipping it. 234 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 28 Aug 2026 @53rdWRS Awww - well said. 141 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 28 Aug 2026 As Tropical Storm Dolly dissipates in the Atlantic, our Hurricane Hunters will continue to train and stand by for future missions. Dolly Parton once said, “I've always believed that if you are in a position to help, you should. ” Our crews do just that — ready to head into http 25.5K views · 839 likes · 101 reposts · 7 replies 28 Aug 2026 Did you know? 👀 When you see “TEAL” on a flight tracker, you’re not watching just any aircraft- you’re watching the Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters in action! 🌀✈️ 📊Infographic by Staff Sgt. Stacey Thornburg #WeatherReady #hurricanehunters #afrc https://t.co/KUazijeZFG 8.6K views · 194 likes · 43 reposts · 2 replies 26 Aug 2026