Lockheed WP-3D Orion
Videos
The Lockheed WP-3D Orion is a highly modified P-3 Orion used by the Aircraft Operations Center division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The aircraft are operated by officers of
NOAA Lockheed WP-3D Orion Hurricane Hunter
Lockheed WP-3D Orion in flight with NOAA's newer paint scheme
The Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules is a medium-size American four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft. The C-130J is a comprehensive update of the Lockheed C-130 Hercules, with new eng
Lockheed WP-3D Orion
…had each flown more than 10,000 hours and flown into more than 80 hurricanes. In 2024, NOAA announced plans to replace these two aircraft with modified C-130Js, and they are scheduled to be retired by 2030. Between 2015 and 2017, the aircraft received major overhauls, costing a total of $35 million. This work…
A U.S. Air Force C-130J
A Super Hercules cockpit
AE2100 Engine on a C-130J-30
A KC-130J showing the AN/AAQ-30 Targeting Sight and AGM-114 Hellfires on the left wing in Afghanistan, 2011