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    Weather reconnaissance is the acquisition of weather data used for research and planning. Typically the term reconnaissance refers to observing weather...
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    54th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was to the 41st Rescue and Weather Reconnaissance Wing...
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    Lockheed WC-130 is a high-wing, medium-range aircraft used for weather reconnaissance missions by the United States Air Force. The aircraft is a modified...
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    The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, also known by its nickname, Hurricane Hunters, is a flying unit of the United States Air Force, and "the only...
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    Special Reconnaissance (SR), formerly Special Operations Weather Technician or Team (SOWT), is conducted by trained Air Force personnel assigned to Special...
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    tankers for Tactical Air Command (TAC) and WB-50 weather reconnaissance aircraft for the Air Weather Service. These tanker and hurricane-hunter variants...
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    RB-57F strategic reconnaissance/weather reconnaissance aircraft. Ten RB-57As were modified for high-altitude strategic reconnaissance over non-friendly...
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    The 1st Weather Reconnaissance Squadron is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. It saw service between April 1943 and May 1945. On 21 December...
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    as air supremacy, global integrated intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, rapid global mobility, global strike, and command and control. The...
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    57th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force squadron. Its last assignment was with the 9th Weather Reconnaissance Wing...
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  • Radiosonde Rocketsonde Surface weather observation Timex Expedition WS4 Tropical cyclone observation Weather reconnaissance Weather radar Weather satellite...
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    weather data. In the United States, the organizations that fly these missions are the United States Air Force Reserve's 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron...
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    occasionally scrambled aircraft to intercept individual B-29s conducting reconnaissance sorties over the country, to conserve supplies of fuel. In July 1945...
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  • The United States Air Force has several types of weather squadrons. List of United States Air Force squadrons "Clear skies forecasted as 7th ECWS becomes...
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    9th Weather Group (later 9th Weather Reconnaissance Group), 20 April 1952 – 8 July 1965 101st Weather Group (see 68th AAF Base Unit) 102d Weather Group...
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    special reconnaissance, armored reconnaissance, amphibious reconnaissance and civil reconnaissance. Aerial reconnaissance is reconnaissance carried out...
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    Wing. In 1973, it was redesignated as the 920th Weather Reconnaissance Group flying weather reconnaissance missions with WC-130H Hercules aircraft, including...
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    WB-29 Superfortress weather reconnaissance aircraft over North Korea in highly hazardous, almost daily strategic weather reconnaissance missions over the...
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    Martin/General Dynamics RB-57F Canberra (category 1960s United States military reconnaissance aircraft)
    Electric Canberra. It was operationally assigned to the Air Weather Service for weather reconnaissance involving high-altitude atmospheric sampling and radiation...
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    The 58th Reconnaissance Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force squadron. Its last was assigned to the 9th Weather Reconnaissance Wing at Kirtland...
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    Defense tasked to organize, equip, train and perform all hurricane weather reconnaissance in support of the Department of Commerce. The 403rd is gained upon...
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    city. Enola Gay participated in the second nuclear attack as the weather reconnaissance aircraft for the primary target of Kokura. Clouds and drifting smoke...
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    redesignated the 514th Reconnaissance Squadron and activated in 1947 as a weather reconnaissance unit. It continued the reconnaissance mission until February...
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    photographic reconnaissance, electronic intelligence, and weather reconnaissance. While never seeing combat as a bomber, reconnaissance RB-47s would occasionally...
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    Numerical weather prediction (NWP) uses mathematical models of the atmosphere and oceans to predict the weather based on current weather conditions. Though...
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    signals intelligence, electronic countermeasures, radio relay, and weather reconnaissance operations. Aircraft were commonly forward deployed to bases in...
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  • Operation Popeye (category Weather modification)
    aircraft were officially on weather reconnaissance missions and the aircraft crews as part of their normal duty also generated weather report data. The crews...
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    Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron. Redesignated the 55th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron in 1954, the squadron flew weather reconnaissance missions until...
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    of WC-130 aircraft operated by the United States Air Force 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron. As of 2014, the two Orions had each flown more than 10...
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    B-25D weather reconnaissance variant In 1944, four B-25Ds were converted for weather reconnaissance. One later user was the 53d Weather Reconnaissance Squadron...
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