WC-130Jハリケーンハンター：気象データ収集プラットフォーム

070320-F-2533P-312 Hurricane Hunters A WC-130J Hercules from the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron Hurricane Hunters flies a mission. The Air Force Reserve squadron is part of the 403rd Wing at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. The data collected by the Hurricane Hunters increases the accuracy of the National Hurricane Center Forecast by 30 percent. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. James B. Pritchett)

110902-F-RL023-013 The center of circulation of a tropical storm can be seen as the WC-130J aircraft flies over the eye. The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron “Hurricane Hunters,” were heading back to Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Miss, after penetrating the storm. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Valerie Smock)

290109-F-IE88D-1001 HURCON – 1 A U.S. Air Force graphic displays information about the hurricane condition scale to inform the public about hurricane preparations at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Aug. 29, 2023. The HURCON scale is an alert scale used by the Department of Defense and other federal agencies to indicate the state of emergency and to estimate the time until the onset of destructive winds from a hurricane. (U.S. Air Force graphic by Airman 1st Class Devyn Waits)

070320-F-2533P-402 Citizen Airmen return to Keesler, chase Hanna, Ike “Hurricane Hunters” such as these aircraft, the WC-130J (right) and C-130J-30, are part of the Air Force Reserve’s 403rd Wing located at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. James B. Pritchett)

040201-F-2533P-101 Hurricane Hunters take on winter storms A WC-130J readies for takeoff at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. Reserve Hurricane Hunters of the 403rd Wing from Keesler AFB, Miss., deployed for a month to collect weather data ahead of pending winter storms. The data they collect increases the accuracy of the National Weather Service forecast by 10 to 20 percent. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. James B. Pritchett)

AFNORTH Hurricane Hunters on the move Air Force WC-130J aircraft and reservists from the 403rd Wing at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., continue to fly daily weather reconnaissance missions into Hurricane Gustav and Tropical Storm Hannah from Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla. The Hurricane Hunters aid the National Weather Service in providing the storms’ projected path to the American public and are the only operational unit in the world flying weather reconnaissance on a routine basis. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tim Norton)

080910-F-2533P-223 Hurricane Hunters track Ike A WC-130J Hurricane Hunter takes off for a mission into the eye of Hurricane Ike Sept. 10 from Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. With the exception of two palletized weather stations, the WC-130J is not modified for missions into hurricanes and other troical weather. The aircraft is manned by reservists from the 53rd Weather Reconniassance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. James B. Pritchett)

211013-F-KV687-1084 Hurricane Hunters testing new SATCOM capabilities A WC-130J Super Hercules aircraft assigned to the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron Hurricane Hunters at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., takes off for a training flight Oct. 13, 2021. During the flight, a team tested new satellite communications capabilities that could enable more information to be disseminated during weather reconnaissance flights. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kristen Pittman)

050921-F-3742P-002 Hurricane Hunter DOBBINS AIR RESERVE BASE, Ga. — Hurricane Hunters from the Air Force Reserve’s 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron land their WC-130J Hercules here after a flight to check on Hurricane Rita. The Airmen gather information on the storm including atmospheric pressure, temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, wind speed and direction and send it directly to the National Hurricane Center. The Hurricane Hunters are the only Department of Defense organization still flying into tropical storms and hurricanes, and have done so since 1944. (U.S. Air Force photo by Don Peek)

211012-F-KV687-1014 Hurricane Hunters testing new SATCOM capabilities A WC-130J Super Hercules aircraft assigned to the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron sits on the flightline at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., Oct. 12, 2021. The attachment on top of the aircraft is a satellite antenna the squadron tested that will enhance in-flight data transmission capabilities, resulting in more information for forecasters at the National Hurricane Center to work with. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kristen Pittman)