[MilCom] Hurricane Hunters Flying Joaquin Missions out of Hunter AAF in Savannah

[Mac McCormick III]

Hurricane Hunter WC-130Js from the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron at
Keesler AFB are flying missions into Hurricane Joaquin from Hunter AAF in
Savannah, GA. Over the last 24 hours, I've caught three WC-130Js on both
the radios and Mode-S arriving and leaving Hunter: WC-130J, 97-5303, 53 WRS
(Mode-S AE0114), WC-130J, 97-5304, 53 WRS (Mode-S AE0115), and WC-130J,
97-5305, 53 WRS (Mode-S AE0116).

They’ve been flying as TEAL 7# and TEAL 8# flights. Earlier this morning, I
caught TEAL 71 (WC-130J, 97-5304, 53 WRS) depart Hunter AAF just before
0500 local/0900 UTC. It routed to the south on 132.925 and 124.675 with
Jacksonville Center, advising they that were on a mission to the hurricane.
Later, they told Center that they would be delaying in the Hurricane for
approximately 5 hours. I lost TEAL 71 on the radio as they went out of
range, but Jacksonville Center’s sites were still patched together for the
night, so I could still hear the controller passing information to them.
Just after 0530 local/0930 UTC they were given 3.445/5.550 for New York HF
and switched over shortly thereafter. Unfortunately, I don’t have HF
capability at home right now, so I wasn’t able to follow them any further.

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Mac McCormick III, KF4LMT
Savannah, GA
http://kf4lmt.wordpress.com/