Aircraft Operations Center
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The Aircraft Operations Center is the main base for the approximately 15 aircraft of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
It is the home base of the NOAA Hurricane Hunters.
The base is located in Tampa, Florida on MacDill Air Force Base. The NOAA Aircraft Operations Center houses multiple light aircraft, helicopters, and three Hurricane Hunters aircraft. This small base plays a large role in every hurricane season by flying constantly into and around hurricanes for research and forecasting.
[edit] AOC aircraft
- WP-3D Orion - heavily instrumented turboprops often used for hurricane hunting
- Gulfstream IV-SP (G-IV) - twin turbofan jet aircraft for high-altitude hurricane research
- Cessna Citation II (CE-550)
- MD 500
- Bell 212
- DeHavilland Twin Otter (DHC-6)
- Gulfstream Turbo Commander (AC-690)
- Rockwell Aero Commander (AC-500S)
- Lake Seawolf (LA-27)
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