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- The WC-130 Hercules is a high-wing, medium-range aircraft used in weather reconnaissance missions. This plane is a C-130 transport configured with palletized weather instrumentation for penetration of tropical disturbances and storms, hurricanes and winter storms to obtain data on movement, size and intensity. The WC-130 is the weather data collection platform for the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron.
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Group: Platform_Details Entry_ID: WC-130J Group: Platform_Identification Platform_Category: Aircraft Short_Name: WC-130J Long_Name: Lockheed-Martin WC-130J Hercules End_Group Group: Synonymous_Platform_Names Short_Name: Hurricane Hunter End_Group Creation_Date: 2008-07-14 Online_Resource: http://www.403wg.afrc.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=7482 Online_Resource: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_WC-130 Sample_Image: http://www.lockheedmartin.com/data/assets/aeronautics/products/c130j/c130j_5.jpg End_Group
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