Non-Tasked Aerial Reconnaissance for the North Atlantic in 2018

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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	Agency	Aircraft	Product(s)	Map
Dec. 19th	Train		N42RF	High Density, Dropsonde, Recco
Dec. 14th	Train		N42RF	High Density

November

Date	Mission Identifier	Agency	Aircraft	Product(s)	Map
Nov. 20th	Train		N49RF	High Density
Nov. 1st	Train		N42RF	High Density

October

Date	Mission Identifier	Aircraft	Product(s)
Oct. 12th	Train	N42RF	High Density, AXBT
Oct. 11th	Train	N42RF	High Density, AXBT
Oct. 10th	Coyote5453 (Michael)	Coyote	High Density
Oct. 9th	Michael Miss. #WA	N49RF	High Density, Dropsonde

September

Date	Mission Identifier	Aircraft	Product(s)
Sep. 25th	Train	N42RF	High Density
Sep. 21st	Train	N42RF	High Density
Sep. 20th	Saharanair Miss. #WA	N49RF	High Density, Dropsonde
Sep. 15th	Train	N42RF	High Density
Sep. 10th	Florence Miss. #WC	N42RF	High Density, Vortex, Dropsonde, Recco
Sep. 9th	Florence Miss. #WB	N42RF	High Density, Vortex, Dropsonde, Recco, AXBT
Sep. 8th	Florence Miss. #WA	N42RF	High Density, Vortex, Dropsonde, Recco, AXBT
Sep. 7th	Train	N42RF	High Density
Sep. 4th	Train	N49RF	Dropsonde
Sep. 2nd	Train	N49RF	High Density

August

Date	Mission Identifier	Aircraft	Product(s)
Aug. 30th	Train	N49RF	High Density, Dropsonde
Aug. 17th	Train	N42RF	High Density
Aug. 14th	Train	N42RF	High Density, Dropsonde
Aug. 10th	Train	N42RF	High Density
Aug. 4th	Train	N49RF	High Density, Recco
Aug. 3rd	Train	N49RF	High Density, Dropsonde, Recco
Aug. 2nd	Train	N42RF	High Density, Dropsonde, Recco

July

Date	Mission Identifier	Aircraft	Product(s)
Jul. 31st	Train	N42RF	High Density, Dropsonde, AXBT
Jul. 19th	Train	N42RF	High Density, Dropsonde, Recco
Jul. 18th	Train	N42RF	High Density, Dropsonde, Recco
Jul. 6th	Train	N42RF	High Density, Vortex, Dropsonde, Recco

June

Date	Mission Identifier	Aircraft	Product(s)
Jun. 27th	Train	N42RF	High Density, Dropsonde, Recco
Jun. 15th	Train	N42RF	High Density, Dropsonde
Jun. 13th	Train	N49RF	High Density, Dropsonde
Jun. 13th	Train	N42RF	High Density, Vortex, Dropsonde, Recco

May

Date	Mission Identifier	Agency	Aircraft	Product(s)	Map
May 31st	Train		N49RF	High Density, Dropsonde, Recco
May 22nd	Train		N49RF	High Density

April

Date	Mission Identifier	Aircraft	Product(s)
Apr. 14th	Vortex8	N42RF	High Density
Apr. 14th	Train	N42RF	High Density
Apr. 10th	Vortex7	N42RF	High Density
Apr. 7th	Vortex6	N42RF	High Density
Apr. 4th	Vortex5	N42RF	High Density

March

Date	Mission Identifier	Aircraft	Product(s)
Mar. 30th	Vortex4	N42RF	High Density
Mar. 29th	Vortex3	N42RF	High Density
Mar. 22nd	Track62 Miss. #06	AF308	High Density, Dropsonde, Recco
Mar. 21st	Train	N42RF	High Density
Mar. 21st	Track62 Miss. #05	AF300	High Density, Dropsonde, Recco
Mar. 20th	Vortex2	N42RF	High Density
Mar. 13th	Train	N42RF	High Density
Mar. 13th	Track62 Miss. #04	AF306	High Density, Dropsonde, Recco
Mar. 11th	Vortex1	N42RF	High Density
Mar. 9th	Train	N42RF	High Density
Mar. 7th	Track65 Miss. #03	AF306	High Density, Dropsonde, Recco

February

Date	Mission Identifier	Aircraft	Product(s)
Feb. 23rd	Oceanwinds13	N42RF	High Density
Feb. 22nd	Oceanwinds12	N42RF	High Density
Feb. 19th	Oceanwinds11	N42RF	High Density
Feb. 17th	Oceanwinds10	N42RF	High Density
Feb. 14th	Oceanwinds9	N42RF	High Density
Feb. 12th	Oceanwinds8	N42RF	High Density
Feb. 10th	Oceanwinds7	N42RF	High Density
Feb. 5th	Oceanwinds6	N42RF	High Density
Feb. 4th	Oceanwinds5	N42RF	High Density
Feb. 3rd	Train	N49RF	High Density

January

Date	Mission Identifier	Aircraft	Product(s)
Jan. 31st	Oceanwinds4	N42RF	High Density, AXBT
Jan. 27th	Oceanwinds3	N42RF	High Density, AXBT
Jan. 26th	Oceanwinds2	N42RF	High Density
Jan. 24th	Train	N49RF	High Density
Jan. 24th	Oceanwinds1	N42RF	High Density
Jan. 16th	Train	N42RF	High Density
Jan. 12th	Track66 Miss. #02	AF305	High Density, Dropsonde, Recco
Jan. 4th	Train	N49RF	High Density, Dropsonde
Jan. 4th	Track62 Miss. #01	AF306	High Density, Dropsonde, Recco

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.