Non-Tasked Aerial Reconnaissance for the North Atlantic in 2023

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This page contains missions that usually have not been tasked by the National Hurricane Center. However, some missions into tropical cyclones do appear here, such as research missions. You will also find winter missions on this page.

December

Date	Mission Identifier	Aircraft	Product(s)
Dec. 5th Tuesday	231205134652304	AF304	High Density
Dec. 4th Monday	231204162250308	AF308	High Density, Recco
Dec. 4th Monday	231204154332304	AF304	High Density, Recco
Dec. 1st Friday	Train	N49RF	High Density
Dec. 1st Friday	231201175836302	AF302	High Density, Recco

November

Date	Mission Identifier	Aircraft	Product(s)
Nov. 30th	231130155355304	AF304	High Density, Dropsonde, Recco
Nov. 29th	231128230048304	AF304	High Density
Nov. 28th	231128161256304	AF304	High Density, Recco
Nov. 28th	231128152454309	AF309	High Density, Recco
Nov. 21st	231121165935306	AF306	High Density, Recco
Nov. 8th	Train	N42RF	High Density

October

Date	Mission Identifier	Aircraft	Product(s)
Oct. 23rd	Train	N43RF	High Density
Oct. 23rd	Train	N42RF	High Density
Oct. 23rd	Tammy Miss. #WB	N42RF	High Density, Dropsonde, Recco
Oct. 22nd	Tammy Miss. #WA	N43RF	High Density, Dropsonde
Oct. 18th	Train	N43RF	High Density
Oct. 18th	Train	N42RF	High Density

September

Date	Mission Identifier	Aircraft	Product(s)
Sep. 29th	Train	N42RF	High Density
Sep. 22nd	Train	N42RF	High Density
Sep. 20th	Nigel Miss. #WD	N42RF	High Density, Dropsonde
Sep. 20th	Nigel Miss. #WC	N43RF	High Density, Dropsonde, AXBT
Sep. 19th	Nigel Miss. #WB	N42RF	High Density, Vortex, Dropsonde
Sep. 19th	Nigel Miss. #WA	N43RF	High Density, Vortex, Dropsonde, Recco, AXBT
Sep. 18th	Train	N42RF	High Density
Sep. 11th	Train	N42RF	High Density
Sep. 7th	Train	N43RF	High Density
Sep. 7th	Train	N42RF	High Density

August

Date	Mission Identifier	Aircraft	Product(s)
Aug. 31st	Train	N43RF	High Density
Aug. 30th	Idalia Miss. #13	AF305	Dropsonde
Aug. 27th	Franklin Miss. #WD	N43RF	High Density, Vortex, Dropsonde, AXBT
Aug. 26th	Franklin Miss. #WC	N49RF	High Density, Dropsonde
Aug. 26th	Franklin Miss. #WB	N43RF	High Density, Vortex, Dropsonde, Recco, AXBT
Aug. 25th	Franklin Miss. #WA	N43RF	High Density, Dropsonde, Recco, AXBT
Aug. 19th	Train	N43RF	High Density
Aug. 15th	Train	N42RF	High Density, Dropsonde, Recco
Aug. 10th	Train	N43RF	High Density
Aug. 9th	Train	N49RF	High Density
Aug. 8th	Train	N42RF	High Density, Dropsonde, Recco
Aug. 8th	Magpie3 Miss. #WC	N49RF	High Density, Dropsonde
Aug. 7th	Magpie2 Miss. #WB	N43RF	High Density, Dropsonde
Aug. 7th	Magpie1 Miss. #WA	N49RF	High Density, Dropsonde
Aug. 6th	Train	N43RF	High Density
Aug. 5th	Train	N49RF	High Density
Aug. 4th	Train	N43RF	High Density, Dropsonde, Recco

July

Date	Mission Identifier	Aircraft	Product(s)
Jul. 26th	Train	N49RF	High Density, Dropsonde, Recco
Jul. 17th	Train	N43RF	High Density
Jul. 6th	Train	N49RF	High Density, Dropsonde

June

Date	Mission Identifier	Aircraft	Product(s)
Jun. 22nd	Train	N43RF	High Density
Jun. 22nd	Hollahola	N42RF	High Density
Jun. 15th	Train	N49RF	High Density
Jun. 2nd	Train	N43RF	High Density, Dropsonde, Recco

May

Date	Mission Identifier	Aircraft	Product(s)
May 31st	Train	N43RF	High Density, Dropsonde, Recco
May 25th	Train	N49RF	High Density
May 25th	Train	N43RF	High Density, Vortex, Recco
May 23rd	Train	N43RF	High Density
May 22nd	Train	N49RF	High Density, Dropsonde
May 19th	Train	N43RF	High Density
May 8th	Train	N49RF	High Density, Dropsonde
May 4th	Train	N43RF	High Density

April

Date	Mission Identifier	Aircraft	Product(s)
Apr. 30th	Train	N43RF	High Density, Dropsonde
Apr. 7th	Train	N43RF	High Density
Apr. 5th	Train	N43RF	High Density
Apr. 4th	Train	N43RF	High Density

March

Date	Mission Identifier	Aircraft	Product(s)
Mar. 26th	Train	N43RF	High Density, AXBT
Mar. 25th	Train	N43RF	High Density, Recco
Mar. 24th	Train	N43RF	High Density, Dropsonde, Recco
Mar. 14th	Track64 Miss. #03	AF302	High Density, Dropsonde, Recco
Mar. 4th	Test06 Miss. #02	AF304	High Density, Dropsonde, Recco
Mar. 3rd	Test05 Miss. #01	AF304	High Density, Dropsonde, Recco

January

Date	Mission Identifier	Agency	Aircraft	Product(s)	Map
Jan. 26th	Train		N43RF	High Density, Dropsonde, Recco
Jan. 24th	Track99 Miss. #01		AF303	High Density

All times and dates on this page are in Zulu time.

Non-tasked Air Force missions, other than winter storm tracks, usually have a 15 digit number for an identifier. (and sometimes 11 digits) Sometimes they might drop a single sonde or two and have a few non-tropical RECCO messages. Long term, this data is likely less important than other data. Missions with an 11 or 15 digit identifier are automatically deleted after 21 days.