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The underside of an Air Force WC-130J #Weather #Reconnaissance #Airplane’s left horizontal stabilizer.
The prongs poking out behind the wing help the #plane discharge any accumulated electric charge.
The hinged section is the port #elevator.
The Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters stopped at #Orlando to educate the public about their mission.

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During #Hurricane season, #NOAA’s National Hurricane Center coordinates with the Air Force Reserve to fly specially-equipped WC-130J #airplanes inside the massive and powerful storms to gather data that will help forecaster predict this storm and more accurate predict future ones.
This image is of the #nose of a #WC130J #AirForceReserve weather reconnaissance #plane.

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The #Hurricane #Hunters, part of the #US Air Force Reserve, fly their specialized WC-130J #airplanes into hurricanes to gather important data about tropical storms to help predict them and save people’s lives in the path of the storm.
#HurricaneHunters, #NOAA, #USAF, #AirForceReserve, #WC130J, #Aircraft, #Plane, #Photography
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In 2017, #NOAA and the #AirForceReserve’s #HurricaneHunters stopped by #Orlando, #Florida at #OrlandoExecutiveAirport #ORL. This #photo is a nose-on view of their WC-130J #airplane that flies inside #hurricanes.
Only #propeller-drive #aircraft can operate inside a #storm that severe, so this modification of a cargo #plane serves the role. A special #meteorological #radar is installed in a pod under the starboard wing; the #SteppedFrequencyMicrowaveRadiometer #SFMR, allows the plane to measure surface #wind speeds by using radar on the surface of the #waves.
#Photo, #Photography, #airplane, #WC130J, #USAFR
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