Hurricane Hunters

The National Hurricane Center is keeping an eye on two disturbances, but only one has a chance to turn into a named storm.

The United Stated Air Force accomplishes hundreds of flying missions across the world every day. But one flight has a purpose like no other.

The Hurricane Hunters of Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi fly dozens of missions into tropical storms and hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico and the central Pacific for the National Hurricane Center. They gather critical weather data that is used to create critically important computer models and weather outlooks.

After more than two decades, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 's Hurricane Hunter planes have a new home. Construction crews are...

Legislation by Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Florida, is moving from the Senate to the U.S.House. It requires backup jets to be available to gather hurricane...

Officials say they are on schedule to open the new home base for the U.S. government's "hurricane hunter" aircraft before the Atlantic hurricane season...