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An air-to-air left front view of a WC-130 Hercules aircraft from the 54th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron on a mission to monitor and relay vital information on a typhoon to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MASTER SGT. Curt Eddings Release Status: Relea More

SGT. Debbie Whitacre, 54th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, prepares to launch a dropsonde sensor from a WC-130 Hercules aircraft to measure a typhoon's speed and direction. The information will be relayed to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Base Country: Guam (GUM) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT. Curt Eddings Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digi More

SGT. Debbie Whitacre uses a computer to transcribe, record and pass information that she received from a dropsonde sensor dropped by parachute from a WC-130 Hercules aircraft. The dropsonde is used to monitor a typhoon's direction so that the information can be promptly relayed to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT. Curt Eddings Release Status: Released to More

SGT. Debbie Whitacre uses a computer to transcribe, record and pass information that she received from a dropsonde sensor dropped by parachute from a WC-130 Hercules aircraft. The dropsonde is used to monitor a typhoon's direction so that the information can be promptly relayed to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Base Country: Guam (GUM) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT. Curt Eddings Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digi More

A WC-130 Hercules aircraft from the 54th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron on a mission to monitor and relay vital information on a typhoon to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT. Curt Eddings Release Status: Released to More

CPT Dikki Stanley of the 54th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron pilots a WC-130 Hercules aircraft through a typhoon in order to get first hand information on barometric pressure, wind strength, temperatures and directions. This information is relayed to meterorological specialists at the Joint Typhoon Warning Center

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Base Country: Guam (GUM) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Curt Eddings Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digit More

AIRMAN Katrina Mugg, a weather observer with the 920th Weather Reconnaissance Group, prepares to release a dropsonde from the cargo bay of a WC-130 Hercules aircraft. She and the crew are tracking hurricane David

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Caribbean Sea Scene Camera Operator: SSGT John Marine Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An air-to-air front view of a WC-130 Hercules aircraft in flight over a small Micronesian atoll. The aircraft is assigned to the 54th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron. Bi-monthly Aerospace Audio Visual Service PHOTO Contest, Color Entry, Jul. 1980

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Curt Eddings Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A radar operator monitors a console aboard a WC-130 Hercules aircraft of the 815th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, 920th Weather Reconnaissance Group, during an investigation of Hurricane Allen

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Keesler Air Force Base State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released t More

WC-130 Hercules aircraft of the 815th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, 920th Weather Reconnaissance Group, undergo preflight maintenance on the flight line. They are being prepared for a mission to monitor Hurricane Allen

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Keesler Air Force Base State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released t More

A technician examines an instrument readout aboard a WC-130 Hercules aircraft of the 815th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, 920th Weather Reconnaissance Group, during an investigation of Hurricane Allen

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Keesler Air Force Base State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released t More

A copilot monitors instruments in the cockpit of a WC-130 Hercules aircraft of the 815th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, 920th Weather Reconnaissance Group, during an investigation of Hurricane Allen

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Keesler Air Force Base State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released t More

USAF Captain Brian K. LeTourneau, Commander and pilot and First Lieutenant Scott J. Spitzer sit at the controls of their WC-130 Hercules aircraft from the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, (Hurricane Hunters) Keesler AFB, Mississippi while flying a weather reconnaissance mission inside the eye of Hurricane Opal. From AIRMAN Magazine December 1995 article "Hunting Season"

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hurlburt Field State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT John K. Mcdowell Release Status: Released More