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Topic: Hurricane hunters

Photo showing People line up to board the NOAA and U.S. Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft during the Gulf Coast Hurricane Awareness Tour 2023 in Tallahassee, Florida, on May 4, 2024.

NOAA & Air Force Reserve ‘Hurricane Hunters’ to visit the East Coast

April 23, 2024

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hurricane hunters

hurricane season

media teleconference

Photo showing People line up to board the NOAA and U.S. Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft during the Gulf Coast Hurricane Awareness Tour 2023 in Tallahassee, Florida, on May 4, 2024.

Photo showing People line up to board the U.S. Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft during the Caribbean Hurricane Awareness Tour 2023 in Merida, Mexico on April 17, 2023.

U.S. hurricane forecasters embark on preparedness mission to the Caribbean

April 9, 2024

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hurricane season

hurricane hunters

media teleconference

Photo showing People line up to board the U.S. Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft during the Caribbean Hurricane Awareness Tour 2023 in Merida, Mexico on April 17, 2023.

AOML/CIMAS communication intern Holly Stahl in the cockpit of a NOAA P-3 Hurricane Hunter aircraft.

A day in the life of a NOAA 'Hurricane Hunter'

May 17, 2023

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hurricane hunters

AOML/CIMAS communication intern Holly Stahl in the cockpit of a NOAA P-3 Hurricane Hunter aircraft.

Image showing students lining up to board the U.S. Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands during the 2022 Caribbean Hurricane Awareness Tour

Hurricane forecasters embark on preparedness mission to Mexico and Caribbean

April 5, 2023

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hurricane hunters

media teleconference

Image showing students lining up to board the U.S. Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands during the 2022 Caribbean Hurricane Awareness Tour

Hurricane Ian as seen from NOAA’s GOES-East satellite on Sept. 27, 2022 at 4:26 p.m. (EDT) in the Gulf of Mexico.

Flooding from #Ian a concern for Southeast, Mid-Atlantic, New England

September 26, 2022

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hurricane hunters

tropical cyclones

tropical storms

Hurricane Ian as seen from NOAA’s GOES-East satellite on Sept. 27, 2022 at 4:26 p.m. (EDT) in the Gulf of Mexico.

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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uncrewed systems

hurricane hunters

tropical cyclones

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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hurricane hunters

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.

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