Editing 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron (section)

==Cable television series==
[[The Weather Channel]] announced in January 2012 that it would be presenting a six-episode docu-reality series (''Hurricane Hunters'') in July 2012 depicting the operations of the 53rd WRS during the 2011 hurricane season.<ref name="twcbs">{{cite web | year = 2012| url= http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-weather-channel-premieres-new-series-hurricane-hunters-in-july-2012-137356108.html|title = The Weather Channel Premieres New Series Hurricane Hunters in July 2012| publisher = The Weather Channel| access-date=12 June 2012}}</ref> However even before its debut, the series and its network were beset by controversy when a 53rd WRS member, Major (then Captain) [[Nicole Mitchell (meteorologist)|Nicole L. Mitchell]], an ARWO and an on-camera meteorologist for TWC from July 2004 to January 2011, revealed on 4 June 2012 that she had filed suit 9 September 2011 in the [[United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia]] against The Weather Channel and its owners, [[NBC Universal]] and two private equity firms, [[Bain Capital]] and the [[Blackstone Group]], claiming that the termination of her employment in 2010 was based on her part-time Air Force Reserve service, was discriminatory and was in violation of the [[Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act|Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) of 1994]].<ref name="nlm12">{{cite news|last=Folsom |first=Geoff |title=Suit alleges Weather Channel Star was fired for military service |date=5 June 2012 |work=The Marietta Daily Journal |url=http://www.mdjonline.com/news/suit-alleges-weather-channel-star-was-fired-for-military-service/article_feafc6ea-936d-5037-87b9-ad3c02a6337e.html |access-date=12 June 2012 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> A second nine-segment season, filmed in August and October 2012, aired on The Weather Channel beginning in June 2013.<ref name="nlm13">{{cite news|url=http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130504/NEWS/305040003/Reservist-fired-after-returning-from-deployment |title=Reservist fired after returning from deployment |last=Schogol |first=Jeff |date=6 May 2013 |work=Air Force Times |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130628095831/http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130504/NEWS/305040003/Reservist-fired-after-returning-from-deployment |archive-date=28 June 2013 |access-date=3 June 2013 }}</ref> Mitchell subsequently became the Chief Meteorologist at [[Al Jazeera America]] and after September 2015 became the only remaining Air Force meteorologist with personal experience flying through Hurricane Katrina.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}