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Groundbreaking new program will help NOAA build its capacity to conduct science in the sky in service to the nation.
NOAA's hurricane hunter and emergency response aircraft provided data critical to storm forecasting and recovery efforts.
NOAA Corps officer Lt. j.g. Junge operates sensors in NOAA Beechcraft King Air 350CER N68RF after storm damage assessment flights on Aug. 30, 2021 following Hurricane Ida.
Lt. Centinello, NOAA Corps, conducts preflight checks on NOAA Beechcraft King Air 350CER N68RF before Hurricane Ida storm damage assessment flights on Aug. 30, 2021.
NOAA Beechcraft King Air N68RF flies over areas damaged by Hurricane Ida gathering aerial imagery for storm damage assessment on August 30, 2021
NOAA Corps pilot Lt. Cmdr. Copare at the controls of NOAA Lockheed WP-3D Orion N43RF, nicknamed "Miss Piggy," in the eye of Category 4 Hurricane Ida on Aug. 29, 2021.
Category 4 Hurricane Ida as "painted" by a radar system aboard NOAA Lockheed WP-3D Orion N43RF on Aug. 29, 2021.
Sun seen over the eye wall of Cat 4 Hurricane Ida from NOAA WP-3D Orion N43RF Miss Piggy during August 29, 2021
View of stadium effect from NOAA WP-3D Orion N43RF Miss Piggy during flight into Cat 4 Hurricane Ida August 29, 2021.
