Aircraft Operations Center of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The Aircraft Operations Center (AOC) is the base of the 15 aircraft of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration , the weather and oceanography agency of the United States . The aim is to collect environmentally relevant and geographical data. It is the home base of the NOAA Hurricane Hunters . The Aircraft Operations Center is located at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa , Florida .
Aircraft fleet (selection)
- two WP-3D Orion (converted P-3A for weather reconnaissance)
- A Gulfstream IV-SP
- Four De Havilland Canada DHC-6s
- A Beechcraft King Air
- Two AERO Commander (one AC-500S and one Jetprob)