You Can’t Generate Airpower Without a Clean Runway: Inside RED HORSE’s Puerto Rico Mission
When the asphalt crumbles, the runway becomes the threat. That was the situation RED HORSE engineers faced at José Aponte…
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Intercepted Missile Debris Injures Six, Ignites Three Fires at Abu Dhabi Industrial Zone
Intercepted Missile Debris Injures Six, Ignites Three Fires at Abu Dhabi Industrial Zone ABU DHABI, UAE — March 28, 2026 — Missile debris from an Iranian ballistic missile intercepted by UAE air defenses struck the Khalifa Economic Zones (KEZAD) industrial…
U.S. Air Force’s 8th Fighter Wing Executes Flightline FOD Walk at Kunsan Air Base Ahead of Freedom Shield 26
KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea — Airmen from the 8th Fighter Wing conducted a flightline FOD walk at Kunsan…
Harnessing the Power of Artificial Intelligence
Luke Air Force Base (Luke AFB) is taking a significant leap into the future with the development of two autonomous…
Unnoticed FOD Leads to Costly Engine Damage
A lost flashlight left inside an F-35 engine during maintenance work resulted in the engine being rendered unusable, causing millions…
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Strengthening Safety Measures in Aviation
Assam's LGBIA Launches FOD Walk-Through Campaign to Promote Safety Awareness Assam's Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport (LGBIA) has initiated an…
FOD Dogs
FOD Dogs: The New Runway Clearing Solution A Low-Cost, Robust Robot Platform for Runway Safety The United States Air Force…
FOD News Roundup – March 3rd, 2019
FOD Grounds New Aircraft Contract The US Air Force temporarily grounded its new fleet of KC-46 refueling tankers after finding…
FODNews Roundup – December 3rd, 2017
FOD Crashes Marine Corps Jet Learn how a 5/16th-inch double hexagon bolt caused a catastrophic engine failure to an AV-8B…
FOD News Roundup – April 3rd, 2017
Controlling FOD During Air Strikes The US Air Force is studying ways to harden its overseas air bases against attack…
FOD News Roundup- March 3rd, 2017
Is FOD Threatening the US Missile Defense System? When a test flight went awry, foreign object debris in the thruster’s…
FOD News Roundup – November 3rd, 2016
Fighter Jet Crash Reveals FOD Problems Fighter Jet Crash Reveals FOD Problems A US government investigation concluded that a Navy…
FOD News Roundup – October 3rd, 2016
Internal FOD Grounds F-35’s After a manufacturing glitch, deteriorating tubing insulation clogged up fifteen US and Norwegian FA-15A strike fighters…
FOD News Roundup – June 3rd, 2016
Is the F-18 Safer than the F-35? The fighter wars are raging again, only this time in the press room…
FOD News Roundup – October 10, 2015
Military Helicopter Problems October 9: According to the US Navy, FOD causes most of the engine failures aboard the heavy…