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A highly-instrumented NOAA aircraft is collecting data across the Great Plains to improve our understanding of the relationships between severe thunderstorms and tornado formation.
Flight Director Paul Flaherty and Technician Jim Warnecke prepare for departure prior to the 2019 Hurricane Awareness Tour
NOAA WP-3D Orion on Hurricane Awareness Tour 2019
Lt. Cmdr. Rebecca Waddington and Capt. Kristie Twining aboard NOAA's Gulfstream IV-SP during a hurricane surveillance flight on August 5, 2018.
Cmdr. Ryan Kidder at the controls of NOAA's King Air 350 CER on Oct. 11, 2018, during an overflight of the Florida panhandle following Hurricane Michael.
On August 5, 2018, NOAA Corps officers Capt. Kristie Twining and Lt. Cmdr. Rebecca Waddington became the first all-female team to pilot a NOAA aircraft during a hurricane mission.
Capt. Kristie Twining (right) and Lt. Cmdr. Rebecca Waddington on the flight deck of NOAA's Gulfstream IV hurricane hunter jet.
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