Harrowing footage released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Aircraft Operations Center shows a research plane violently shaking from heavy turbulence as it flew directly into ...

As Florida was bracing for the impact of Hurricane Milton this week, researchers with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Aircraft Operations Center took the opportunity to learn from ...

A NOAA "hurricane hunter" Lockheed WP-3D Orion aircraft flew into the eye of Hurricane Milton, experiencing severe turbulence, with onboard video trending online. Scientists aboard the aircraft ...

The plane most utilized so far has been the Lockheed P-3 Orion, a four-engine turboprop favored by the Australian and New Zealand defense forces. Because the search area in the southern Indian Ocean ...

NORFOLK, Va. — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) operates two specialized WP-3D Orion aircraft, known as “Kermit” and “Miss Piggy,” that fly directly into hurricanes to ...

An aircraft experienced major turbulence while flying into, now Category 6, Hurricane Milton. The aircraft was a WP-3D Orion plane that was named 'Miss Piggy' and sent to collect data for the ...

At NAS Corpus Christi today, there was a celebration for a plane that is older than most. It's called a P-3 Orion. And the model has been around for about fifty years. Today, the folks with U.S.

All four crew members aboard a South Korean navy plane have been killed after the aircraft crashed in the southeastern coastal city of Pohang, the navy has said. The P-3C Orion turboprop plane which ...

WALLOPS ISLAND, VA - NASA’s P-3 Orion aircraft may be a common sight over Delmarva this week as the plane flies out of Wallops Flight Facility to conduct research flights near east coast cities.