During a 9-hour flight, a team from the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES), witnessed the incredible work done by the crew of the 530 Weather Reconnissance Squadron. Flying a specially outfitted WC-130J, this team of United States Air Force crew members collected weather data to enhance forecasting of storms brewing over the Pacific Ocean. Below are photos from the trip.
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- Cal OES Public Information Officers Alicia de la Garza and Shawn Boyd
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- Cal OES PIOS and Air Force Public Affairs Superintendent Jessica Kendziorek
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- Inside the aircraft, a monitor that displays weather data
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- Crew member seat with computer for reading weather data
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- A dropsonde wrapped in bubble wrap
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- Hurricane Hunter jacket patch
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- Hurricane Hunter flight crew
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- WC-130J Hurricane Hunter at Mather Airport
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- Tail of the WC-130J
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- Front of the WC-130J
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- Boxes of dropsondes, instruments used to collect weather data
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- United States flag
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- The back of the WC-130J
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- The tube which dropsondes are delivered into the storm
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- The back of the WC-130J