The NOAA pilots and scientists flying aboard hurricane hunter aircraft into Hurricane Melissa’s 185-mile per hour winds are not being paid during the government shutdown, the National Oceanic and ...

The same aircraft best known for flying directly into hurricanes are now being used to sharpen forecasts for a powerful winter storm expected to impact large portions of the country this weekend.

Hurricane Hunter aircraft from NOAA and the U.S. Air Force are flying specialized missions to gather critical data that could sharpen forecasts for a major U.S. winter storm.

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 Conversation) – As Hurricane Ian intensifies on its way toward the Florida coast, hurricane hunters are in the sky doing something almost unimaginable: flying through the center of the storm.

The Hurricane Hunters are flying into this weekend's winter storm to gather data, aiming to enhance forecasts for potential ...

Hurricane Hunters are flying into a winter storm expected to impact a large portion of the United States over the weekend.

The U.S. Air Force Reserve's 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron had a rough ride this week in Hurricane Melissa, having to turn back early twice due to unusually strong turbulence. The early return ...

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.

The Hurricane Hunters have flown a mission into the forming winter storm to collect data that will be used to improve the accuracy of the models and provide more realistic forecasts in the coming ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (The Conversation) – As Hurricane Ian ...