Shawn Hogue grabs a tube from above his computer station in the belly of a WC-130J "Weatherbird" and launches it through a chute. Falling from 23,000 feet, it takes the tube - called a dropsonde ...

The Air Force’s fleet consists of 10 WC-130J Hercules aircraft, which entered service in the 1990s, while NOAA's aircraft are reported to be even older. The report reveals that missed missions ...