Flippers in flight
Animal trainer Corinne Hammel, left, and biotechnician Dylan Gaudet from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center’s Pacific biosciences division in San Diego check on Buster, one of two dolphins transported via Keesler’s airfield Feb. 1. The U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program is providing two of its trained bottlenose dolphins for a cooperative extended breeding loan to the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies in Gulfport. The institute, a research and rehabilitation facility, provides care to stranded animals. The two dolphins were involved in a variety of capability demonstrations and bioacoustics research projects for the Navy. Keesler personnel assisted in the transfer. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Eric Summers Jr.)