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![Dr. James McFadden aboard NOAA WP-3D Orion on 14 May 2019](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20201218071348im_/https://www.omao.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/670_wide/public/media/Dr.%20James%20McFadden%20aboard%20NOAA%20WP-3D%20Orion%20N42RF%20during%20TORUS%20media%20day%20May%2014%202019_Credit%20NOAA.jpg?itok=y4O9gkFm)
Dedicated public servant with 57 years of service was instrumental in designing and improving NOAA’s aerial research programs
![Right Whale and Calf Spotted off the Coast of Georgia](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20201218071348im_/https://www.omao.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/670_wide/public/media/On%20February%203%2C%202020%2C%20Right%20Whale%20%232223%20%E2%80%9CCalvin%E2%80%9D%20and%20calf%20were%20spotted%20off%20the%20coast%20of%20GA.%20Her%20last%20calf%20was%20born%20in%202015.%20%5BPhoto%20provided%20under%20NOAA%20permit%2020556-0%20by%20the%20Clearwater%20Marine%20Aquarium%20Resear.jpg?itok=pQrUtUwb)
Scientists aboard a NOAA Twin Otter spot signs of possible population growth for the endangered right whale species.
![NOAA King Air Crew](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20201218071348im_/https://www.omao.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/670_wide/public/media/King%20Air%20Crew_Pilots%20%28LT%20Colleen%20Conley%20LT%20Rick%20de%20Triquet%29%20and%20Physical%20Scientist%20Andrew%20Halbach.%20Ellington%20Field%2C%20TX.%20January%202020_Credit%20Jarrod%20Wilkening.jpg?itok=eYovAvlA)
You may know that hurricane season begins June 1, but the response work begins long before a storm ever forms.
![NOAA Aircraft at the NOAA Aircraft Operations Center](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20201218071348im_/https://www.omao.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/670_wide/public/media/NOAA%20aircraft%20in%20the%20hangar%20at%20the%20NOAA%20Aircraft%20Operations%20Center%20in%20Lakeland%2C%20Fla._2_Photo%20by%20David%20Hall.jpg?itok=YiyBQCEl)
City of Lakeland, Florida, will lease additional office and hangar space to NOAA.
Project supported by NOAA's Gulfstream IV aircraft helps improve forecasts and understanding of atmospheric rivers.
![NOAA Corps Officers Launch Hexacopter in Alaska](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20201218071348im_/https://www.omao.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/670_wide/public/media/NOAA%20is%20establishing%20an%20Unmanned%20Systems%20Operations%20Program%20to%20support%20the%20agency%27s%20use%20of%20unmanned%20aerial%20and%20martime%20systems_NOAA%20photo.jpg?itok=xypoaJvD)
The new program will promote the safe, efficient and economical operation of unmanned systems.
![NOAA WP-3D Off Coast of Ireland in February 2020](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20201218071348im_/https://www.omao.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/670_wide/public/media/NOAA%20WP-3D%20Orion%20N42RF%20flying%20off%20the%20coast%20of%20Ireland%20during%20the%202020%20Ocean%20Winds%20project_Photo%20by%20LT%20Joshua%20Rannenberg%2C%20NOAA.jpg?itok=Rw5ba0Fv)
NOAA "hurricane hunter" aircraft is helping NOAA calibrate and validate data collected by weather satellite sensors.
![NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer Docked in Hawaii](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20201218071348im_/https://www.omao.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/670_wide/public/media/EX%20in%20Hawaii.jpg?itok=7_mF2Dpt)
New ships will support a wide variety of missions, ranging from general oceanographic research and exploration to marine life, climate and ocean ecosystem studies.
![NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown at sea](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20201218071348im_/https://www.omao.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/670_wide/public/media/9391052637_bf80556637_o.jpg?itok=ebBfRHV-)
Six-week scientific campaign in the Caribbean will include ships, aircraft, autonomous vehicles, buoys and other tools to study the interactions between the ocean and atmosphere.
![NOAA Ship Bigelow Conducts Autumn Bottom Trawl Surveys](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20201218071348im_/https://www.omao.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/670_wide/public/media/2%20%281%29.jpg?itok=2Ugc16dq)
The Rhode Island-based Henry B. Bigelow conducted a wide variety of activities to support fisheries management and study the ocean.