New home in Lakeland, Florida, for NOAA’s Hurricane Hunters
Federal, state, and local officials today cut the ribbon on the new facility for NOAA’s Aircraft Operations Center at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport in Lakeland, Florida. The center is the main base for NOAA’s nine specialized environmental data-gathering aircraft, including the agency’s three “hurricane hunter” planes.
![NOAA's Gulfstream IV-SP hurricane hunter jet at the new NOAA Aircraft Operations Center facility in Lakeland, Florida. (Image credit: NOAA) NOAA's Gulfstream IV-SP hurricane hunter jet at the new NOAA Aircraft Operations Center facility in Lakeland, Florida.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_1275/public/legacy/image/2019/Jun/PHOTO%20-%20Gulfstream%20IV-SP%20hurricane%20hunter%20-%20060217%20-%20NOAA%20-%202240x1068%20-%20LANDSCAPE.jpg?itok=Ozd7PPWz)
NOAA's Gulfstream IV-SP hurricane hunter jet at the new NOAA Aircraft Operations Center facility in Lakeland, Florida. (Image credit: NOAA)