Less than a month into the second term of Donald Trump, the president signed an executive order that gave the non-governmental Department of Government Efficiency broad powers to gut the federal workforce, in the name of cost-cutting. DOGE—led by the …

Dr. Andrew Hazelton is one of the nation’s Hurricane Hunters. He was part of the crews that would fly deep into powerful hurricanes as they churned in the ocean, all to collect data to help forecasters improve predictions on the storm’s power and direction …

… Government Accountability Office report on hurricane hunter aircraft recommends the Air Force … requirements are missed, assess their Hurricane Hunter workforces, and establish a mechanism …

… has put the nation’s Hurricane Hunter program on life support, according … , whose states are home to hurricane hunter operations.

… and now an ex-NOAA Hurricane Hunter slams the layoffs as “making … group of hurricane researchers, two hurricane hunter flight directors and an engineer … , a meteorologist and former NOAA Hurricane Hunter in the late 1980s.  Adding …

… Connections. Masters served as a Hurricane Hunter flight director from 1986 to … from a meteorological perspective. Every Hurricane Hunter flight needs a flight director … maintains a fleet of 10 hurricane hunter aircraft, and those have not …

… is particularly problematic since every hurricane hunter mission is required to carry … hurricane research The three NOAA hurricane hunter aircraft are world-class flying … is particularly problematic since every hurricane hunter mission is required to carry …

A veteran tactical pilot with more than 30 years of service recently assumed leadership of a Colorado Springs-based aerial firefighting wing, according to a Saturday news release. Air Force Reserve Col. Elissa Granderson assumed command of the 302nd …

… . She is, or was, a hurricane hunter, the crew member who gathers …

… . The result could be fewer hurricane hunter flights and less accurate hurricane …