| Aircraft Commander |
| Co-pilot |
| Co-pilot |
| Flight Engineer |
| Flight Engineer |
| Navigator |
| Flight Director |
| System Engineer |
| Data Technician |
| Dropsonde Operator |
| Lead Scientist | Mike Black |
| Radar Scientist | Sim Aberson |
| Dropsonde Scientist | Tomislava Vukicevic |
| Guest | LTJG Jeffery Pereria (NHC) |
 Proposed track |
Mission Plan :
N43RF is tasked by HRD to carry out an Air-Sea interaction mission into Hurricane Richard, leaving MacDill AFB, FL at 02:00 UTC on Oct. 24rd and recovering at MacDill AFB, FL eight hours later.
| DROP | LAT | LON | UTC Time | Local Time |
| # | (d m) | (d m) | (h m) | (h m) |
| 1 | 17°56' | -87°11' | 04:20 | 00:20 |
| 2 | 17°20' | -87°00' | 04:28 | 00:28 |
| 3 | 16°42' | -86°48' | 04:37 | 00:37 |
| 4 | 16°42' | -86°03' | 04:47 | 00:47 |
| 5 | 16°42' | -85°17' | 04:58 | 00:58 |
| 6 | 16°42' | -84°33' | 05:08 | 01:08 |
| 7 | 16°42' | -83°48' | 05:18 | 01:18 |
| 8 | 17°20' | -84°11' | 05:29 | 01:29 |
| 9 | 17°57' | -84°32' | 05:39 | 01:39 |
| 10 | 17°21' | -84°53' | 05:48 | 01:48 |
| 11 | 16°45' | -85°15' | 05:58 | 01:58 |
| 12 | 16°10' | -85°36' | 06:08 | 02:08 |
| 13 | 16°10' | -84°49' | 06:19 | 02:19 |
| 14 | 16°41' | -85°14' | 06:28 | 02:28 |
| 15 | 17°16' | -85°42' | 06:38 | 02:38 |
| 16 | 17°49' | -86°09' | 06:48 | 02:48 |
Mission Summary :
Mission cancelled as Richard too near land.
Problems :