Hurricane Hunters

Hurricane Hunters are special aircraft that fly into or around a tropical cyclone to gather information (or data). Hurricane Hunters are only used to study tropical cyclones in the northern Atlantic Ocean and northeastern Pacific Ocean.

A Hurricane Hunter aircraft.

Other websites

• 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron homepage
• 403rd Wing Homepage
• Air Weather Reconnaissance Association homepage
• NHC Reconnaissance data archive Archived 2008-08-08 at the Wayback Machine
• The NOAA Aircraft Operations Center homepage Archived 2007-02-10 at the Wayback Machine
• Navy Hurricane Hunters homepage Archived 2021-03-19 at the Wayback Machine
• VW-1 All Hands Alumni Association homepage Archived 2008-05-09 at the Wayback Machine