The Lockheed WC-130 is a high-wing, medium-range aircraft used for weather reconnaissance missions by the United States Air Force.

The WC-130 Hercules is a high-wing, medium-range aircraft flown by the Air Force Reserve Command for weather reconnaissance missions. The aircraft penetrates tropical disturbances and storms, hurricanes and winter storms to obtain data on movement, size and intensity.

In 1974, a newly converted Lockheed WC-130H (Air Force serial number 65-0965) was transferred to the 54th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, the "Typhoon Chasers", at Andersen Air Force Base on Guam. The aircraft, using the call sign Swan 38 , was sent to investigate Typhoon Bess after it passed over the Philippines and continued to the northwest ...

On May 2, 2018, a Lockheed WC-130H transport aircraft of the Puerto Rico Air National Guard crashed in the US state of Georgia, shortly after departing from Savannah Air National Guard Base (which is located at Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport).

The WC-130 Hercules is a high-wing, medium-range aircraft flown by the Air Force Reserve Command for weather reconnaissance missions. The aircraft penetrates tropical disturbances and...

Jan 18, 2006 · KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. (AFPN) -- Senior Master Sgt. Richard Rivard taxis the final WC-130H aircraft out on the runway on its way to Willow Grove Air Reserve Station, Pa. Aircraft No. 980 was the last H-model aircraft to depart the 403rd Wing after its complete conversion to the WC-130J.

Mar 13, 2012 · Weather reconnaissance equipment gathers information on movement, intensity and size of storms; outside air temperature; humidity; dewpoint; and barometric pressure. The WC-130H is capable of...

The Lockheed WC-130 Hurricane Hunter is a high-wing, medium-range aircraft used in weather reconnaissance missions. The aircraft is a modified version of the C-130 transport configured with...

The WC-130 provides vital tropical cyclone forecasting information. It penetrates tropical cyclones and hurricanes at altitudes ranging from 500 to 10,000 feet (152-3,048m) above the ocean surface to collect meteorological data in the vortex, or eye, of the storm.

Constructed as a HC-130H-LM by Lockheed at Marietta, GA. Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 64-14861. Transferred to 48th Air Recovery Squadron, Air Rescue Service, Eglin AFB, FL. To 57th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron, Lajes Field, Azores, Portugal. Converted to a WC-130H.