'Miss Piggy' NOAA plane flies into Hurricane Milton to gather data
The pilots dropped about 15 dropsondes into the hurricane, which collected data, NOAA Flight Director Kerri ... Center's ...
NOAA fires, then rehires crew members who flew planes into hurricanes
But in the latest example of reversals by federal personnel officials, three of those employees – all trained flight crew ...
Scant details on estimated 650 NOAA employees fired but forecasting progress likely 'compromised'
Gov. Ron DeSantis said Friday he supports DOGE, but also praised the National Hurricane Center and said it will probably be ...
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NOAA fires, then rehires crew members who flew planes into hurricanes
NOAA is just the latest agency to reverse some ... Those two aircraft, which fly into the eye of hurricanes, dubbed Miss Piggy and Kermit, were built in the mid-1970s. Ripp described in simple ...
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Scant details on estimated 650 NOAA employees fired but forecasting progress likely 'compromised'
"Miss Piggy," a WP-3D Orion aircraft that is part of NOAA's Hurricane Hunter fleet, is seen here flying into Hurricane Beryl in July 2024. In a media briefing Friday, Feb. 28 former Undersecretary ...