since 2003...
Posted by cypresstx on 8/31/2016, 2:20 pm
I guess I just have not been paying attention... I thought they just dropped sondes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/53d_Weather_Reconnaissance_Squadron

the unit continued its mission of aerial weather reconnaissance and added a new weather-related mission type in 2003, using the WC-130Js to drop buoys ahead of impending tropical storms.
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Buoy drop in recon ? - cypresstx, 8/31/2016, 1:58 pm
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