ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga., Oct. 8 -- The U.S. Air Force Reserve Command issued the following news release:

The Air Force Reserve's 403rd Wing relocated its aircraft Oct. 8 as Hurricane Isaias approaches the U.S. Gulf Coast.

The wing's two flying units - the 815th Airlift Squadron and the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, known as the Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters - relocated aircraft to Joint Base San Antonio, Texas. The Hurricane Hunters will continue flying weather reconnaissance missions into Isaias from Kelly Field, Texas, collecting data for the National Hurricane Center to improve storm track and intensity forecasts.

At 10 a.m. CDT, Hurricane Isaias was located about 380 miles south of the mouth of the Mississippi River,...