These two pictures illustrate the "business end" of the WC-130 rain making mission. They show two different silver iodide ejectors mounted on the JATO rack of the left hand air deflector door of WC-130E, 64-0554 (above) and on an unspecified "B" model (below).

These photos were not taken during Motorpool missions, but rather on Operation Gromet-II, an attempt to relieve a drought in the Philippine Islands in 1969. The 76 missions flown by 54th WRS crews from 29 April through 30 June 1969 were deemed highly successful. Tragedy struck the squadron on 16 May. A rack, similar to the ones shown above, inexplicably exploded on 554, causing fatal injuries to the ARWO, Captain Charles Booker.

TTS '97 - Weather Modification

WEATHER MODIFICATION

Test Technology Symposium ‘97
Session B:
Advanced Weapon/Instrumentation Technologies
John Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory
by
Dr. Arnold A. Barnes, Jr.
Senior Scientist
Optical Effects Division
Phillips Laboratory
19 March 1997

Notes:

The following is an example of the use of one particular seeding agent* to modify the weather. This information was provided to the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (A&T) on a request for ideas for Non-Lethal Technologies and Weapons which “avoided or minimized the loss of life and associated damage.”