As early as WWII, in the Pacific campaign against Japan, the US sent aircraft into typhoons to collect data in order to estimate the possible impact of storms on naval operations.
早在二次大戰時，在太平洋戰區與日本作戰的美軍，即開始派遣飛行員飛進颱風量測大氣資料，以評估颱風對海軍作業的影響。