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…
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FOD walks, flight line prevention, base operations, combat readiness programs, and military maintenance standards.
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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 loose tools and debris inside of recently delivered aircraft. Image Source: USAF Christopher Okula Australia Releases New Bird Strike Data…
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…
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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…
MacDill AFB Fish Strike
September 10, 2013, will forever live in infamy for Lt. Cmdr. Nick Toth, NOAA pilot, and for everyone else involved…
BASH Programs Gain Importance
Aaron Betts is a wildlife biologist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, assigned to oversee the Bird/Wildlife Aircraft Strike Hazard…
FOD on a Boat
Foreign Object Damage - or FOD - costs the Navy almost $90 million a year. That's why combating FOD is…
Recent Accidents Include Powerline and Animal Strikes
Preliminary Report: Brazilian Jet Overruns Runway Cessna Citation CJ3, São Paulo (SBSP), Brazil, Nov. 11, 2012–The captain of a Cessna Citation…
Barksdale AFB Looks For Those With An Eye For FOD.
BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. -- With more than 60 aircraft assigned here and many others that use the second largest flightline…
ESPN Recruited For Military UAV Video Analysis
Helping To Train Analysts To Sift Through 'Enormous Amount' Of Video From Drones Anyone who's ever watched a sporting event…
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Whether your operation is civilian or military, your mission depends on functioning aircraft Don't let this: Or this: Lead to…