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Non-Tasked Aerial Reconnaissance for the Eastern North Pacific & Central North Pacific in 2025

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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.
March
Date Mission Identifier Agency Aircraft Product(s) Map
Mar. 5th Iop35
Miss. #26
AF Plane IconAF301 High Density, Dropsonde, Recco Non-Tasked Mission in Google Earth Cesium Logo
Mar. 4th Iop34
Miss. #25
AF Plane IconAF301 High Density, Dropsonde, Recco Non-Tasked Mission in Google Earth Cesium Logo
Mar. 3rd Iop33
Miss. #24
AF Plane IconAF301 High Density, Dropsonde, Recco Non-Tasked Mission in Google Earth Cesium Logo
Mar. 2nd Iop32
Miss. #23
AF Plane IconAF306 High Density, Dropsonde, Recco Non-Tasked Mission in Google Earth Cesium Logo
Mar. 1st Iop31
Miss. #22
AF Plane IconAF301 High Density, Dropsonde, Recco Non-Tasked Mission in Google Earth Cesium Logo

February
Date Mission Identifier Agency Aircraft Product(s) Map
Feb. 26th Train NOAA Plane IconN49RF High Density Non-Tasked Mission in Google Earth Cesium Logo
Feb. 24th Iop30
Miss. #22
NOAA Plane IconN49RF High Density, Dropsonde Non-Tasked Mission in Google Earth Cesium Logo
Feb. 24th Iop30
Miss. #21
AF Plane IconAF306 High Density, Dropsonde, Recco Non-Tasked Mission in Google Earth Cesium Logo
Feb. 23rd Iop29
Miss. #21
NOAA Plane IconN49RF High Density, Dropsonde Non-Tasked Mission in Google Earth Cesium Logo
Feb. 23rd Iop29
Miss. #20
AF Plane IconAF306 High Density, Dropsonde, Recco Non-Tasked Mission in Google Earth Cesium Logo
Feb. 22nd Iop28
Miss. #20
NOAA Plane IconN49RF High Density, Dropsonde Non-Tasked Mission in Google Earth Cesium Logo
Feb. 22nd Iop28
Miss. #19
AF Plane IconAF301 High Density, Dropsonde, Recco Non-Tasked Mission in Google Earth Cesium Logo
Feb. 21st Iop28
Miss. #19
AF Plane IconAF306 High Density Non-Tasked Mission in Google Earth Cesium Logo
Feb. 21st Iop27
Miss. #19
NOAA Plane IconN49RF High Density, Dropsonde Non-Tasked Mission in Google Earth Cesium Logo
Feb. 21st Iop27
Miss. #18
AF Plane IconAF306 High Density, Dropsonde, Recco Non-Tasked Mission in Google Earth Cesium Logo
Feb. 19th Iop26
Miss. #17
AF Plane IconAF304 High Density, Dropsonde, Recco Non-Tasked Mission in Google Earth Cesium Logo
Feb. 18th Iop25
Miss. #16
AF Plane IconAF304 High Density, Dropsonde, Recco Non-Tasked Mission in Google Earth Cesium Logo
Feb. 16th Iop24
Miss. #15
AF Plane IconAF304 High Density, Dropsonde, Recco Non-Tasked Mission in Google Earth Cesium Logo
Feb. 15th Iop23
Miss. #14
AF Plane IconAF306 High Density, Dropsonde, Recco Non-Tasked Mission in Google Earth Cesium Logo
Feb. 14th Iop22
Miss. #18
NOAA Plane IconN49RF High Density, Dropsonde Non-Tasked Mission in Google Earth Cesium Logo
Feb. 14th Iop22
Miss. #13
AF Plane IconAF306 High Density, Dropsonde, Recco Non-Tasked Mission in Google Earth Cesium Logo
Feb. 13th Iop21
Miss. #17
NOAA Plane IconN49RF High Density, Dropsonde Non-Tasked Mission in Google Earth Cesium Logo
Feb. 12th Iop20
Miss. #16
NOAA Plane IconN49RF High Density, Dropsonde Non-Tasked Mission in Google Earth Cesium Logo
Feb. 12th Iop21
Miss. #14
AF Plane IconAF304 High Density Non-Tasked Mission in Google Earth Cesium Logo
Feb. 12th Iop21
Miss. #13
AF Plane IconAF304 High Density Non-Tasked Mission in Google Earth Cesium Logo
Feb. 11th Iop19
Miss. #15
NOAA Plane IconN49RF High Density, Dropsonde Non-Tasked Mission in Google Earth Cesium Logo
Feb. 11th Iop19
Miss. #12
AF Plane IconAF309 High Density, Dropsonde, Recco Non-Tasked Mission in Google Earth Cesium Logo
Feb. 10th Iop18
Miss. #14
NOAA Plane IconN49RF High Density, Dropsonde Non-Tasked Mission in Google Earth Cesium Logo
Feb. 10th Iop18
Miss. #11
AF Plane IconAF309 High Density, Dropsonde, Recco Non-Tasked Mission in Google Earth Cesium Logo
Feb. 7th Iop16
Miss. #13
NOAA Plane IconN49RF High Density, Dropsonde Non-Tasked Mission in Google Earth Cesium Logo
Feb. 6th Iop15
Miss. #10
AF Plane IconAF303 High Density, Dropsonde, Recco Non-Tasked Mission in Google Earth Cesium Logo
Feb. 5th Iop14
Miss. #12
NOAA Plane IconN49RF High Density, Dropsonde Non-Tasked Mission in Google Earth Cesium Logo
Feb. 4th Iop13
Miss. #11
NOAA Plane IconN49RF High Density, Dropsonde Non-Tasked Mission in Google Earth Cesium Logo
Feb. 4th Iop13
Miss. #09
AF Plane IconAF309 High Density, Dropsonde, Recco Non-Tasked Mission in Google Earth Cesium Logo
Feb. 3rd Iop12
Miss. #10
NOAA Plane IconN49RF High Density, Dropsonde Non-Tasked Mission in Google Earth Cesium Logo
Feb. 3rd Iop12
Miss. #08
AF Plane IconAF303 High Density, Dropsonde, Recco Non-Tasked Mission in Google Earth Cesium Logo
Feb. 2nd Iop11
Miss. #09
NOAA Plane IconN49RF High Density, Dropsonde Non-Tasked Mission in Google Earth Cesium Logo
Feb. 1st Iop10
Miss. #08
NOAA Plane IconN49RF High Density, Dropsonde Non-Tasked Mission in Google Earth Cesium Logo

January
Date Mission Identifier Agency Aircraft Product(s) Map
Jan. 31st Iop09
Miss. #07
AF Plane IconAF309 High Density, Dropsonde, Recco Non-Tasked Mission in Google Earth Cesium Logo
Jan. 30th Iop08
Miss. #07
NOAA Plane IconN49RF High Density, Dropsonde Non-Tasked Mission in Google Earth Cesium Logo
Jan. 30th Iop08
Miss. #06
AF Plane IconAF303 High Density, Dropsonde, Recco Non-Tasked Mission in Google Earth Cesium Logo
Jan. 29th Iop08
Miss. #06
AF Plane IconAF309 High Density Non-Tasked Mission in Google Earth Cesium Logo
Jan. 29th Iop07
Miss. #06
NOAA Plane IconN49RF High Density, Dropsonde Non-Tasked Mission in Google Earth Cesium Logo
Jan. 29th Iop07
Miss. #05
AF Plane IconAF303 High Density, Dropsonde, Recco Non-Tasked Mission in Google Earth Cesium Logo
Jan. 28th Iop06
Miss. #05
NOAA Plane IconN49RF High Density, Dropsonde Non-Tasked Mission in Google Earth Cesium Logo
Jan. 27th Iop05
Miss. #04
AF Plane IconAF309 High Density, Dropsonde, Recco Non-Tasked Mission in Google Earth Cesium Logo
Jan. 26th Iop04
Miss. #03
AF Plane IconAF309 High Density, Dropsonde, Recco Non-Tasked Mission in Google Earth Cesium Logo
Jan. 25th Iop03
Miss. #04
NOAA Plane IconN49RF High Density, Dropsonde Non-Tasked Mission in Google Earth Cesium Logo
Jan. 24th Iop02
Miss. #03
NOAA Plane IconN49RF High Density, Dropsonde Non-Tasked Mission in Google Earth Cesium Logo
Jan. 24th Iop02
Miss. #02
AF Plane IconAF303 High Density, Dropsonde, Recco Non-Tasked Mission in Google Earth Cesium Logo
Jan. 23rd Bouydep
Miss. #01
AF Plane IconAF305 High Density, Recco Non-Tasked Mission in Google Earth Cesium Logo
Jan. 15th Train NOAA Plane IconN49RF High Density Non-Tasked Mission in Google Earth Cesium Logo
Jan. 14th Train NOAA Plane IconN49RF High Density Non-Tasked Mission in Google Earth Cesium Logo
Jan. 9th Train NOAA Plane IconN49RF High Density Non-Tasked Mission in Google Earth Cesium Logo

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.