HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - Wayne Freeman’s Air Force career ended at Keesler Air Force Base in 1984, but it started 30 years prior. Freeman had just graduated from high school in Indiana. “The Navy would not let me fly,” he said. “That’s the truth. “I had …

… a 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron “Hurricane Hunter” crew, which recently experienced severe …

Hurricane Melissa, which slammed into Jamaica as a category five storm, was so powerful that it made the Air Force reserves “Hurricane hunters”—the veteran pilots who fly into hurricanes—turn back twice to ensure that their aircraft wasn’t torn apart in …

… number of tools used during hurricane hunter missions. Dropsondes are instruments that … temperature. Radar tools on board hurricane hunter aircraft scan the storm both … Do You Become a Hurricane Hunter? NOAA hurricane hunter pilots are members of the …

A US Air Force weather reconnaissance flight was turned back after encountering severe turbulence while attempting to collect data on a powerful hurricane churning through the Caribbean Sea. The incident occurred on 28 October involving a Lockheed Martin …

… and Atmospheric Administration's Hurricane Hunter P-3 Orion aircraft, … the Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter’s also had to … and Atmospheric Administration's Hurricane Hunter P-3 Orion aircraft, … the Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter’s also had to …

… pilots and scientists flying aboard hurricane hunter aircraft into Hurricane Melissa’s … Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, which flies hurricane hunter aircraft from Keesler Air Force … , according to Doster. The hurricane hunter program operates 12 aircraft. The …

… came one day after another Hurricane Hunter mission into Melissa, during which …