The brave men and woman onboard NOAA’s Hurricane Hunter airplanes need to remain cool, calm and collected during extreme conditions while flying into some of the most intense storms on Earth. And ...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration sends Hurricane Hunters planes directly into storms to gather data that helps with accurately predicting hurricane movement.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA (WINK) — WINK News spoke with Maj. Allan Bolton, a pilot with the Hurricane Hunters, about Tropical Storm Birtha in the Atlantic and what crews have observed during recent ...
Their nicknames are "Kermit" and "Miss Piggy." They fly into hurricanes to give forecasters more accurate readings to help know which way a hurricane is going to go and how powerful it's going to get.
As hurricane season kicks off, U.S. Air Force and NOAA pilots are going through all the pre-flight checks on their fleet of Hurricane Hunter aircrafts. The Air Force's 53rd Weather Reconnaissance ...
NOAA Hurricane Hunter pilot shares what it takes to fly into storms Lt. Cmdr. Chris Wood shares what it takes to fly NOAA Hurricane Hunter missions and how crews prepare as tropical activity begins to ...