The Air Force Reserve Command’s “Hurricane Hunters” from Keesler AFB, Miss., are in Hawaii tracking Hurricane Flossie. The Honolulu Star Bulletin reports that the specially configured WC-130Js from the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron have flown several six-hour missions within the eye of the storm since Aug. 12, transmitting data to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
Sikorsky is pitching a modified "U-Hawk" version of older UH-60 Black Hawk series helicopters as autonomous resupply aircraft with additional capabilities as missile or drone swarm launchers.
