Player Embed Code: <iframe width='500' height='300' scrolling='no' frameborder='0' style='border: none; overflow: hidden; width: 500px; height: 300px;' allowtransparency='true' src='http://222.178.203.72:19005/whst/63/=vvvzcuhcrgtazmds//video/embed/636087'></iframe> Download Embed Share Yesterday’s Air Force: Hurricane Hunters Defense Media Activity - Air Force Aug. 1, 2018 | 2:58 What started as a dare more than 70 years ago turned into the way we predict hurricanes today. Find out how the Air Force got started in a critical mission that saves lives by flying through hurricanes. Air Force Tech Report: Hurricane Hunters - YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sm-2vn8c7UThe Hurricane Hunters of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron use high tech equipment called a 'Dropsonde' to aid forecasting hurricanes and other tropic...Hurricane warning - AIRMAN Magazinehttp://airman.dodlive.mil/2015/09/15/hurricane-warning/The view above Hurricane Katrina. (U.S. Air Force photo). As the WC-130J Hercules draws closer to a hurricane deep in the Atlantic Ocean, the ...NOAA Hurricane Hunters - Official Sitehttps://www.omao.noaa.gov/learn/aircraft-operations/about/hurricane-huntersSpecially equipped NOAA aircraft play an integral role in hurricane forecasting. Data collected during hurricanes by these high-flying meteorological stations help forecasters make accurate predictions during a hurricane and help hurricane researchers achieve a better understanding of storm processes, improving their forecast models.