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@FlynonymousWX "Second pass through Hurricane Melissa entering from the southwest side. Passed NOAA in the eye wall as they headed outbound for home. Obviously a very powerful storm but a relatively straightforward one on this flight. Much less nasty meso activity than XX hours ago"
X Link @FlynonymousWX 2025-10-27T20:53Z 26K followers, 227.7K engagements

"@NbergWX The videos are now on DVIDs for media use so go for it"
X Link @FlynonymousWX 2025-10-27T23:04Z 26K followers, 9401 engagements

"Bigger bite of sun on later passes"
X Link @FlynonymousWX 2025-10-28T14:24Z 26K followers, 12.8K engagements

"Fourth pass through Melissa this morning another side view due to my hairbrained attempt to shoot 8k video out the front"
X Link @FlynonymousWX 2025-10-27T21:10Z 26K followers, 358.4K engagements

"@aero_in Air Force WC-130J not NOAA"
X Link @FlynonymousWX 2025-10-27T21:17Z 26K followers, XX engagements

"@MetJam_ Its my top hurricane flight and I have been through eyes over XXX times"
X Link @FlynonymousWX 2025-10-27T21:19Z 26K followers, 6792 engagements

"@RyanVoutilainen Nah never had FB. You can download them from DVIDs and post them up there though"
X Link @FlynonymousWX 2025-10-28T00:02Z 26K followers, 2295 engagements

"@MatthewCappucci I thought I got into this job so I didnt have to grow up Wouldnt really work for this storm but you know we take a lot of media on flights too. And if you fall asleep (and many people who ride along do) I put on a monkey mask and take a selfie with you"
X Link @FlynonymousWX 2025-10-28T00:52Z 26K followers, 3846 engagements

"@3Dmattias Using the XXX degree GoPro max footage would probably be a lot better"
X Link @FlynonymousWX 2025-10-28T16:02Z 26K followers, XXX engagements

"We are employed by the Air Force. But we are Air Force Reservists and we are not being paid during the shutdown. Added bonus we all have the hotel bill for this trip and the previous trip to fly storms on our credit cards and cant file for reimbursement until the shutdown ends"
X Link @FlynonymousWX 2025-10-29T09:01Z 26K followers, XX engagements

"Caught a larger boat coming into Willemstad at lunch time today time lapse"
X Link @FlynonymousWX 2025-10-25T16:47Z 26K followers, 13K engagements

"People often ask about risk in flying through storms like Melissa but we have procedures and train extensively. Having said that there is unavoidable danger being a world famous hurricane hunter. Three seconds after this picture was taken today the ostrich bit my nose"
X Link @FlynonymousWX 2025-10-26T20:23Z 26K followers, 26.6K engagements

"A thread of videos from todays flight into Hurricane Melissa In this first one we are entering from the southeast just after sunrise and the bright arc on the far northwest eye wall is the light just beginning to make it over the top from behind us"
X Link @FlynonymousWX 2025-10-27T20:43Z 26K followers, 4M engagements

"Fifth and final pass through Hurricane Melissa for our crew today. Just after noon entering from the NW corner exiting SE"
X Link @FlynonymousWX 2025-10-27T21:15Z 26K followers, 3.3M engagements

"@tmz_tom @JeremyDeHartWX Problem is that there is no moon and dependent on lightning for any illumination. You can get pics with starlight which can be cool but Im the only one in the squadron with a camera that can do it"
X Link @FlynonymousWX 2025-10-27T21:58Z 26K followers, XX engagements

"@AhmadBajjeyWx They are on DVIDs for media use and all the info you need is there. If you have any additional specific questions I will be up a bit longer"
X Link @FlynonymousWX 2025-10-27T22:58Z 26K followers, 1226 engagements

"@FOXWeatherDesk They are on DVIDs for media use heres a link to one of them but the rest should be up as well if you search for them"
X Link @FlynonymousWX 2025-10-27T23:13Z 26K followers, 13.2K engagements

"@MeteoredVideo Yes they are also on DVIDs for media to download. Here is a link to one of them"
X Link @FlynonymousWX 2025-10-27T23:59Z 26K followers, 1816 engagements

"@florida_grand @Trader19731 Its a military C-130 with weather mods trust me you dont wanna replace regular airliners"
X Link @FlynonymousWX 2025-10-28T00:04Z 26K followers, 13.5K engagements

"@wxkylegillett @TannerCharlesMN Theres almost XXX still photos from my camera to go through and I havent even gotten around to looking at the GoPro XXX footage. I just put up the basic vids from one of the GoPros and then this thread blew up. Heres iPhone pic that looks decent"
X Link @FlynonymousWX 2025-10-28T01:12Z 26K followers, 3542 engagements

"@Hannah_1123 @CapitalMktGuy Its really more about how fast it happens we dropped a couple thousand feet today and it was more gradual not a huge deal like riding a wave of dropping pressure. What sucks is when the bottom drops out and it happens in a few seconds. Like being flushed down toilet"
X Link @FlynonymousWX 2025-10-28T02:13Z 26K followers, 5388 engagements

"For those who like to watch the data stream on @TropicalTidbits and decipher the bouncing around the flights today could be bouncy. The hurricane winds are gonna hit the mountains (over 7k feet) of Jamaica and create some nasty mechanical turbulence"
X Link @FlynonymousWX 2025-10-28T12:38Z 26K followers, 22.4K engagements

"Direct sunlight is almost to the bottom of the eye"
X Link @FlynonymousWX 2025-10-28T14:25Z 26K followers, 14.7K engagements

"The pics that didnt make the cut"
X Link @FlynonymousWX 2025-10-28T14:30Z 26K followers, 21.3K engagements

"Due to requests here is one pass through Hurricane Melissa in HD. Also after talking with some of the guys on the crew how do we get @joerogan to go on a hurricane flight"
X Link @FlynonymousWX 2025-10-28T15:36Z 26K followers, 352.9K engagements

"And proper HD of the final pass"
X Link @FlynonymousWX 2025-10-28T16:01Z 26K followers, 82.5K engagements

"@StrmChsrGriffin @amarkowitzWX The Air Force hurricane hunters are not active duty we are reservists. We have not been getting payed. This hotel room Im in while forward deployed to fly missions this week It goes on a credit card in my name and I cant file for reimbursement until the shutdown ends"
X Link @FlynonymousWX 2025-10-29T09:22Z 26K followers, XXX engagements

"Third pass through Melissa. GoPro in side window as different camera looking forward shooting in ultra high res 8k. Not sure when that might get processed as the file turned out ridiculous. Barely had HD space for it and MacBook Pro promptly chocked when I tried to edit it"
X Link @FlynonymousWX 2025-10-27T20:59Z 26K followers, 1.2M engagements

"@MainLineSpy Im in the USAF and its a Air Force mission NOAA does research flights"
X Link @FlynonymousWX 2025-10-28T12:19Z 26K followers, 5196 engagements

"Hurricane Melissa still photo thread most of these are taken with a @CanonUSApro R5 with 11mm lens but a few were taken with my iPhone. If you are media and want to use them please go look on DVIDs"
X Link @FlynonymousWX 2025-10-28T14:16Z 26K followers, 427.5K engagements

"@amarkowitzWX For what its worth the Air Force Hurricane hunters arent getting paid either we are reservists"
X Link @FlynonymousWX 2025-10-29T09:23Z 26K followers, 1815 engagements

"@wxkylegillett @TannerCharlesMN And all the GoPro vids were shot in 4K I just did a quick 720p export to make them easy to upload"
X Link @FlynonymousWX 2025-10-28T01:13Z 24.9K followers, XXX engagements

"@Mrk_WX Yep we have multiple crew positions that are available to a wide variety of interests and education levels"
X Link @FlynonymousWX 2025-10-27T22:10Z 25.8K followers, 2264 engagements

"@N0M4D16 @Combat_learjet I did ten years flying regular Air Force C-130s jumped to the reserves and have been doing this for the last ten years"
X Link @FlynonymousWX 2025-10-28T13:18Z 25.9K followers, XX engagements

"@gamercow @CanonUSApro Not really if anything its a pain in the ass. I try and play by the Air Force rules and get permission before posting but it complicates things enormously. I didnt even bother with it from the flight Saturday/Sunday"
X Link @FlynonymousWX 2025-10-28T14:46Z 26K followers, 3152 engagements

"@JackBurtonMercr @US_Stormwatch No we are not"
X Link @FlynonymousWX 2025-10-29T08:35Z 26K followers, XX engagements

"@Chafcouloff We are the Air Force Hurricane Hunters not NOAA. They fly research missions we fly around the clock recon missions to feed data to forecast models"
X Link @FlynonymousWX 2025-10-27T21:22Z 26K followers, XXX engagements

"@ParkerBoyack Yes the report is because I saw the birds and told the weather officer to put it in the vortex data message. The birds today were below us and not a factor. I have seen them co-altitude in previous storms and they are a concern. Definitely dont want to hit them"
X Link @FlynonymousWX 2025-10-27T22:06Z 26K followers, 1287 engagements

"@CarlSaganRox This is quite a charity operation here went to the Apple store in Miami a few weeks back but was hesitant to pull the trigger because of the looming shutdown. Now glad I passed as its been a few weeks w/o a paycheck and huge credit card but cause I cant do a travel voucher"
X Link @FlynonymousWX 2025-10-27T22:21Z 26K followers, 17.9K engagements

"@chele_chell Nowhere we are the Air Force Hurricane hunters from Biloxi MS. We are forward deployed to curacao for this storm"
X Link @FlynonymousWX 2025-10-28T00:05Z 26K followers, 2896 engagements

"@TannerLepper2 @joerogan Rogan is a media figure with wide reach from his platform. Biggest problem would be the entire squadron would sign up to be on the flight"
X Link @FlynonymousWX 2025-10-29T10:56Z 26K followers, XXX engagements