A huge crowd of eager residents toured a Hurricane Hunter aircraft at the Owen Roberts International Airport’s General Aviation Terminal yesterday (Wednesday, 26 April 2017), during a one day trip to promote hurricane readiness. Around 1,000 school students and members of the public had the rare opportunity to step into the world of the Hurricane […]
Hurricane Hunters find hurricane-force winds in Matthew; wind shear attacking storm
By Jeff Masters From Weather Underground Tropical Storm Watches are posted for the ABC islands of the Netherlands Antilles—Aruba, Bonaire, and Curacao—as Tropical Storm Matthew advances westwards at 16 mph across the eastern Caribbean. An Air Force hurricane hunter aircraft was in Matthew on Thursday morning, and at 9 am EDT found hurricane-force winds of […]
Squadrons staying busy at [US] Keesler Air Force Base
By Jonathan Brannan, From MSNEWS Now WLBT WDBD BILOXI, MS (WLOX) – It’s a busy time at Keesler Air Force Base. Squadrons are constantly finishing one mission and preparing for the next, and both the Hurricane Hunters and Flying Jennies are keeping up the pace. The 53d Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, also known as the world […]
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Express approval exchange agreement between Cayman Islands and former Netherlands Antilles Islands From Curacao Chronicle THE HAGUE, WILLEMSTAD – The Dutch House of Representatives wants the approval of the treaty between the Netherlands, on behalf of the former islands of the Netherlands Antilles, and the Cayman Islands for the exchange of information relating to taxes, […]