Re: RECON Turned Around
Posted by Chris in Tampa on 10/6/2016, 11:55 am
In a case like this, my guess is that they have another plane ready.



If Air Force planes have an issue, they have extras, There are 10 WC-130Js. (although not all are at Keesler AFB at the moment) There are two NOAA P-3's but one has been out for a very long time. And then there is only one NOAA G-IV. (though when it had unscheduled maintenance for a long period a month or two ago, they outfitted an NCAR jet to do missions for a bit) NASA has two Global Hawks, though one was retired. It looks like they might have another one still that they might be able to use next year, so they might end up still having two.

But the Air Force sometimes restarts a mission with another aircraft. A month or less ago, I forget, it took until the third aircraft before they could do the mission. (at least there were three different aircraft headers and delays each time while the next plane got ready)

There is actually an Air Force aircraft that is heading from St. Croix back to Keesler right now. Perhaps it might take the unusual step of flying to the storm. I don't think so, that would be stretching it, they would likely have a mission briefing of some sort to get an idea of things before they go off into a storm.

That aircraft at 10:49am EDT was:
87 statute miles (141 km) to the SE (141°) from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
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