On Monday, a US Air Force reserve crew from the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, nicknamed the “Hurricane Hunters,” shared videos and images of their flight inside the cyclone to collect vital ...

The aircraft fly through the massive wall of clouds generated by the powerful system and into the heart of Hurricane Lowell ...

A US Air Force weather reconnaissance flight was forced to return early after encountering severe turbulence while collecting data on Hurricane Melissa, a powerful Category 5 storm that later struck ...

On Tuesday evening during a measurement flight, the NOAA Aircraft Operations Center dropped the ashes of Peter Dodge, a longtime radar scientist and hurricane hunter, in the eye of Hurricane Milton.

U.S. Air Force hurricane hunters experienced so much turbulence inside Hurricane Melissa that they were forced to turn back, but not before capturing some harrowing photos and videos. Reading time 3 ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — When hurricanes form over open water, there’s only one way to truly know their strength: flying straight into them. That’s the mission of the U.S. Air Force Reserve’s 53rd Weather ...

The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron Hurricane Hunters are staged for the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season. Hurricane hunters provide crucial real-time data used by forecasters to predict a ...

INTO HURRICANES, THE HURRICANE HUNTERS ARE DOING WORK AND RESEARCH OUTSIDE OF THE HURRICANE SEASON. FIRST WARNING, METEOROLOGIST BROOKE, SILVERING IS HERE TO EXPLAIN WHAT THEY’RE FLYING DURING THE ...

With the start of hurricane season less than two weeks away, a vital tool to detect a storm's path has touched down in Corpus Christi -- the plane known as the Hurricane Hunter. Kiii Meteorologist ...

As Hurricane Melissa made landfall, a daring team of aviators flew straight into the eye of the monstrous Category 5 storm. On Monday, a US Air Force reserve crew from the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance ...