Federal, state and local officials will cut the ribbon on the new NOAA Aircraft Operations Center facility at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport in Lakeland, Fla., on Fri., June 2. The brand-new facility, including its 58,000-square-foot hangar, will serve as the main base for NOAA’s fleet of nine specialized environmental data-gathering aircraft, including the agency’s “hurricane hunter” planes.
![NOAA's new Aircraft Operations Center facility in Lakeland, Florida. (Image credit: NOAA) NOAA's new Aircraft Operations Center facility in Lakeland, Florida.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_1275/public/legacy/image/2019/Jun/PHOTO%20-%20AOC%20Lakeland%20-%20053017%20-%20NOAA%20-%202240x1068%20-%20LANDSCAPE.jpg?itok=wvMJFePV)
NOAA's new Aircraft Operations Center facility in Lakeland, Florida. (Image credit: NOAA)