Lockheed WC-130
The Lockheed WC-130 is a high-wing, medium-range aircraft used for weather reconnaissance missions by the United States Air Force. The aircraft is a modified version of the C-130 Hercules transport configured with specialized weather instrumentation including a dropsonde deployment/receiver system and crewed by a meteorologist for penetration of tropical cyclones and winter storms to obtain data on movement, size and intensity. Only one WC-130 has been lost on an operational mission, H-model 65-0965, on 12 October 1974.
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Lockheed WC-130
The Lockheed WC-130 is a high-wing, medium-range aircraft used for weather reconnaissance missions by the United States Air Force. The aircraft is a modified version of the C-130 Hercules transport configured with specialized weather instrumentation including a dropsonde deployment/receiver system and crewed by a meteorologist for penetration of tropical cyclones and winter storms to obtain data on movement, size and intensity. Only one WC-130 has been lost on an operational mission, H-model 65-0965, on 12 October 1974.
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25بك هذه المقالة تحتاج للمزيد ...... لية في يوم 12 أكتوبر عام 1974.
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El Lockheed WC-130 Weatherbird ...... a Aérea de los Estados Unidos.
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Le Lockheed WC-130 Hurricane H ...... Reconnaissance Squadron (en)).
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O Lockheed WC-130 Hercules é u ...... o com quatro turbopropulsores.
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The Lockheed WC-130 is a high- ...... l 65-0965, on 12 October 1974.
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*Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules
*Lockheed C-130 Hercules
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*Hurricane Hunters
*Operation Christmas Drop
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*Lockheed WP-3D Orion
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25بك هذه المقالة تحتاج للمزيد ...... الحركة، وحجم وكثافة الأعاصير.
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El Lockheed WC-130 Weatherbird ...... a Aérea de los Estados Unidos.
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Le Lockheed WC-130 Hurricane H ...... Reconnaissance Squadron (en)).
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O Lockheed WC-130 Hercules é u ...... o com quatro turbopropulsores.
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The Lockheed WC-130 is a high- ...... l 65-0965, on 12 October 1974.
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