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hurricane hunters

View of the underside of the NOAA Hurricane Hunter plane as the Altius-600 uncrewed aircraft (research drone) is deployed high over a field during flight tests on January 15, 2021.

Drones that hunt hurricanes? NOAA puts some to the test

January 25, 2021

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research drones

View of the underside of the NOAA Hurricane Hunter plane as the Altius-600 uncrewed aircraft (research drone) is deployed high over a field during flight tests on January 15, 2021.

Visitors line up for tours aboard the U.S. Air Force WC-130J in Galveston, Texas, on May 18, 2016.

NOAA & Air Force Reserve ‘Hurricane Hunters’ to visit East Coast on preparedness tour

April 29, 2019

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Weather-ready Nation

Visitors line up for tours aboard the U.S. Air Force WC-130J in Galveston, Texas, on May 18, 2016.

Visitors wait to board NOAA and USAF Reserve hurricane hunter aircraft in Panama City, Panama during the 2018 Caribbean Hurricane Awareness Tour.

U.S. hurricane forecasters embark on preparedness mission to Mexico and Caribbean

March 25, 2019

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hurricane hunters

Visitors wait to board NOAA and USAF Reserve hurricane hunter aircraft in Panama City, Panama during the 2018 Caribbean Hurricane Awareness Tour.

Lt. Cmdr. John Rossi at the controls of NOAA's WP-3D Hurricane Hunter aircraft during a flight into Hurricane Lane on August 20, 2018.

NOAA’s Hurricane Hunters pursue Hurricane Lane

August 22, 2018

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Marine & Aviation

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hurricane hunters

Lt. Cmdr. John Rossi at the controls of NOAA's WP-3D Hurricane Hunter aircraft during a flight into Hurricane Lane on August 20, 2018.

Hundreds of people visit the USAF WC-130J "hurricane hunter" aircraft on May 11, 2017, during its stop in Orlando, Fla.

NOAA & Air Force Reserve ‘Hurricane Hunters’ to visit Gulf Coast on preparedness tour

April 30, 2018

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hurricane hunters

Hundreds of people visit the USAF WC-130J "hurricane hunter" aircraft on May 11, 2017, during its stop in Orlando, Fla.

One of NOAA's Hurricane Hunter P-3 Orion airplanes arrives in Monroe, Louisiana, for VORTEX-SE media day in March 2018.

Video: Hurricane Hunter in search of a different kind of storm

April 17, 2018

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One of NOAA's Hurricane Hunter P-3 Orion airplanes arrives in Monroe, Louisiana, for VORTEX-SE media day in March 2018.

NOAA operates two WP-3D turboprop aircraft in its Hurricane Hunter fleet.

NOAA Hurricane Hunters play a major role in hurricane forecasting

August 21, 2017

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Marine & Aviation

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hurricane hunters

NOAA operates two WP-3D turboprop aircraft in its Hurricane Hunter fleet.

NOAA Aircraft Operations Center Chief of Programs and Projects Dr. Jim McFadden demonstrates the use of a dropwindsonde to students at San Antonio International Airport during the 2016 Hurricane Awareness Tour.

NOAA and USAF ‘Hurricane Hunter’ aircraft to visit Washington, D.C.

May 3, 2017

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hurricane hunters

NOAA Aircraft Operations Center Chief of Programs and Projects Dr. Jim McFadden demonstrates the use of a dropwindsonde to students at San Antonio International Airport during the 2016 Hurricane Awareness Tour.

NOAA Aircraft Operations Center Chief of Programs and Projects Dr. Jim McFadden demonstrates the use of a dropwindsonde to students at San Antonio International Airport during the 2016 Hurricane Awareness Tour.

NOAA and Air Force Reserve hurricane teams to visit East Coast cities

May 3, 2017

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hurricane hunters

NOAA Aircraft Operations Center Chief of Programs and Projects Dr. Jim McFadden demonstrates the use of a dropwindsonde to students at San Antonio International Airport during the 2016 Hurricane Awareness Tour.

More than 10,000 people visited the USAF Reserve WC-130J Hurricane Hunter aircraft during its stop in Ponce, Puerto Rico, last year.

U.S. hurricane forecasters embark on preparedness mission to Mexico and Caribbean

April 10, 2017

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More than 10,000 people visited the USAF Reserve WC-130J Hurricane Hunter aircraft during its stop in Ponce, Puerto Rico, last year.

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