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Topic: Aircraft operations

Photo showing NOAA Hurricane Hunter “Miss Piggy,” a Lockheed WP-3D Orion, is shown in flight in January 2020. All three NOAA Hurricane Hunter aircraft are based at the agency’s aircraft operations center in Lakeland, Florida. (NOAA photo/Nick Underwood)

Opportunity for media to visit NOAA’s Aircraft Operations Center

April 14, 2025

Focus areas:

Marine & Aviation

Topics:

aircraft operations

Photo showing NOAA Hurricane Hunter “Miss Piggy,” a Lockheed WP-3D Orion, is shown in flight in January 2020. All three NOAA Hurricane Hunter aircraft are based at the agency’s aircraft operations center in Lakeland, Florida. (NOAA photo/Nick Underwood)

The sign from the original Research Flight Facility now hangs in a conference room at the Aircraft Operations Center’s (AOC) Lakeland Center.

Friday Find: Research Flight Facility, a sign of the times

March 28, 2025

Focus areas:

Marine & Aviation

Programs:

Topics:

hurricane hunters

aircraft operations

The sign from the original Research Flight Facility now hangs in a conference room at the Aircraft Operations Center’s (AOC) Lakeland Center.

Welcome to noaa.gov

Investing in America: NOAA's Science, Service and Stewardship in Action

December 9, 2024

Topics:

citizen science

Climate-Ready Coasts

coastal communities

aircraft operations

Welcome to noaa.gov

Artist concept of NOAA G550 courtesy Gulfstream.

NOAA orders second high-altitude jet for hurricane and climate research

July 15, 2024

Focus areas:

Marine & Aviation

Topics:

Inflation Reduction Act

atmospheric river

aircraft operations

Artist concept of NOAA G550 courtesy Gulfstream.

Collage showing NOAA ships, aircraft and employees.

Join us for the inaugural #NOAAFleetWeek

April 12, 2024

Focus areas:

Marine & Aviation

Topics:

aircraft operations

Collage showing NOAA ships, aircraft and employees.

Photo of NOAA Beechcraft King Air N65RF as it taxis to the NOAA Aircraft Operations Center upon arrival in Lakeland, Florida. Credit: Sophie Talbert, NOAA

NOAA welcomes third Beechcraft King Air to its specialized aircraft fleet

January 31, 2024

Focus areas:

Marine & Aviation

Topics:

aircraft operations

Photo of NOAA Beechcraft King Air N65RF as it taxis to the NOAA Aircraft Operations Center upon arrival in Lakeland, Florida. Credit: Sophie Talbert, NOAA

A view of New Mexico’s Black Fire from an air attack on May 16, 2022.

NOAA satellites improve estimates of wildfire smoke, air quality predictions

June 9, 2022

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Topics:

aircraft operations

A view of New Mexico’s Black Fire from an air attack on May 16, 2022.

Updates to the WMM ensure accurate navigation is available to pilots like NOAA's G-IV flight crew.

NOAA and K-State Salina partner to create NOAA Corps pilot recruiting pipeline

October 1, 2021

Focus areas:

Marine & Aviation

Topics:

aircraft operations

Updates to the WMM ensure accurate navigation is available to pilots like NOAA's G-IV flight crew.

New NOAA Beechcraft King Air N67RF on the ramp in Wichita, KS.

NOAA welcomes new Beechcraft King Air to its fleet of specialized aircraft

December 21, 2020

Focus areas:

Marine & Aviation

Topics:

aircraft operations

New NOAA Beechcraft King Air N67RF on the ramp in Wichita, KS.

NOAA satellite imagery of Hurricane Zeta as it made landfall in southeastern Louisiana, near Cocodrie, the afternoon of October 28, 2020.

Aerial images of Hurricane Zeta damage now available

October 30, 2020

Focus areas:

Marine & Aviation

Topics:

aircraft operations

NOAA satellite imagery of Hurricane Zeta as it made landfall in southeastern Louisiana, near Cocodrie, the afternoon of October 28, 2020.

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