The Hurricane Hunters

by Ivan Ray Tannehill

Official U. S. Navy Photograph
Neptune P2V-3W used by Navy for hurricane hunting.

Official U. S. Navy Photograph
Navy crew of hurricane hunters.

Air Force Photo
Air Force crew being briefed by weather officer before flight into hurricane.

Official U. S. Navy Photograph
Conditions at birth of Caribbean Charlie in 1951.

In the foreground, part of a spiral squall band, an “arm of the octopus.”