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 ...

(CNN) — A bipartisan group of senators are trying to triple the size of the Hurricane Hunter fleet – the three hulking and aging aircraft used to fly directly into hurricanes and tropical storm ...

Tossed and battered by violent wind and severe turbulence, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Hurricane Hunters have spent the past week diving into the eye of Melissa — a storm of ...

When the Caribbean world was hiding indoors, battening down windows, or nervously watching weather alerts, a team of US Air Force and NOAA crews was doing the opposite. They were flying straight into ...

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 ...

Engineer Nick Underwood documented his flight into the eye of Hurricane Ian onboard the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Hurricane Hunter aircraft early Wednesday. The airplane has been ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A U.S. Air Force Reserve crew from the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, known as the “Hurricane Hunters,” was forced to turn ...