… the past decade, the same hurricane hunter planes used to study cyclones …

… deployment: NOAA is sending its hurricane hunter aircraft to fly directly into … little bit below it.” The hurricane hunter data collected Monday could provide … beyond typical December rainfall. With hurricane hunter aircraft providing meteorologists their most …

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 …

… reduces the risks associated with hurricane hunter aircraft, which, while effective, expose …

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

… 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 …

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 …

… 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 …