Bold NOAA hurricane hunters ventured into the eye of Category 5-rated Hurricane Polo this week, revealing the true size of the gigantic storm. Hurricane Polo is expected to make landfall in Baja ...

How do scientists get data from the inside of a storm? NOAA’s Hurricane Hunters fly straight into them. The administration’s ...

Hurricane hunters — aircraft crews from the U.S. Air Force and NOAA that routinely fly hundreds of missions each season (NOAA banked 63 missions in 2025 while the Air Force flew a total of 77 missions ...

Two of the most advanced weather tracking planes in the world are temporarily calling South Texas home base.

The stunning footage, captured by NOAA's Hurricane Hunters, shows the massive Polo as it intensified into a record-breaking, Category 5 powerhouse.

Aircraft crews fly through hurricanes and release dropsondes to measure winds, pressure, moisture and other conditions that ...

Flying straight into a hurricane sounds reckless. But for NOAA’s Hurricane Hunters it’s less about the thrill and more about tracking the storm. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s ...

The 53rd Reconnaissance Squadron, known as the Hurricane Hunters, took off Wednesday from Keesler Air Force Base into ...

(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 took to the skies Wednesday to gather information on Hurricane Isaias in the Gulf. Sam Lucey and Brynne Baxley with our News 25 Weather Authority team were on board as they flew ...

Second Lt. Andrew Wilson and Hurricane Hunter crews flew about 700 miles from Keesler into Tropical Storm Isaias on Oct. 7, ...