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Radar display from NOAA WP-3D Orion N43RF Miss Piggy in the center of circulation of Tropical Storm Idalia off western coast of Cuba on August 28, 2023.
NOAA's two Lockheed WP-3D Orions along with a DHC-6 Twin Otter (foreground) and a King Air 350CER inside the NOAA Aircraft Operations Center hangar in Lakeland, Florida.
NOAA Corps pilot Ensign Sarah Cozart at the controls of a NOAA DHC-6 Twin Otter.
NOAA Lockheed WP-3D Orion "hurricane hunter" aircraft (N43RF) departing Lakeland Linder International Airport in Lakeland, Florida.
A NOAA DHC-6 Twin Otter parked on the ground at an airport.
Two NOAA Corps pilots and a flight engineer at the controls of NOAA Lockheed WP-3D Orion N42RF during a flight into Hurricane Ian on September 27, 2022.
A model of an Altius uncrewed aircraft system with NOAA WP-3D Orion N42RF, nicknamed "Miss Piggy," in the background at the NOAA Aircraft Operations Center in Lakeland, Florida.
NOAA Corps pilots aboard one of NOAA's Beechcraft King Air 350CER aircraft during a November 22-23 snow survey in the Buffalo, New York area.
A NOAA Corps pilot at the controls of a NOAA WP-3D Orion Hurricane Hunter.
The eye of Hurricane Ida on NOAA WP-3D Orion N43RF Miss Piggy the morning of August 28, 2021.
Lt. Cmdr. Rebecca Waddington and Capt. Kristie Twining aboard NOAA's Gulfstream IV-SP during a hurricane surveillance flight on August 5, 2018.