¥ 14 P-3 flights
¥9 NHC-tasked missions, 5 research
missions
¥Covered lifecycle from tropical
depression to hurricane status
¥Back-to-back tasked missions during
tropical depression to tropical storm stage (Sept. 6-9)
¥First, and only, 3-plane research mission of season (2
NOAA P-3s, 1 NRL P-3)
¥Flew Frequent-Monitoring experiment,
RAINEX, Ocean Winds experiment, Extratropical Transition experiment, and
Aerosonde penetrated core for first time
¥ 7 G-IV flights
¥September 8-14