Sites Dealing With Bird Strikes or Bird Control
US Air Force BASH Program The US Air Force's working group dedicated to preventing bird strike and wildlife problems at…
Military & Defense
FOD walks, flight line prevention, base operations, combat readiness programs, and military maintenance standards.
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Chat Room Goes On-Line
Researchers have found that there is not an adequate forum for U.S. military FOD program managers to share information and help raise awareness. The study, conducted by the U.S. Air Force Laboratory at Wright Paterson Air Force Base, concluded that…
Air Force Safety Goes Online
US Air Force Safety Center Proactive Aviation Safety Center (ProSEF) has created a new publicly-accesible Web site that details the…
1,000 FOD-Free Days
In what may be a new record for the military service, the US Air Force's 7th Bomb Wing has improved…
The Perfect Engine Run
Compliments of U.S. Air Force "Flying Safety" Magazine SMSGT BARRY TROUBA 3rd Component Repair Squadron Elmendorf AFB, AK With a…
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Navy Bird Control
Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida develops long-term plans to improve Bird Aircraft Strike Hazard Prevention (BASH) procedures. Read More.....
Keep Your Fuel Bottles Safe
As part of its continuing effort to improve Foreign Object Damage (FOD) prevention, The FOD Control Corporation has introduced a…
Do You Have All the Pieces?
Compliments of U.S. Air Force "Flying Safety" Magazine Aircraft maintenance personnel were tasked with troubleshooting a C-5 #3 engine generator…
Why It Pays To Be Careful Around Running Engines
Compliments of U.S. Air Force "Flying Safety" Magazine The jet was undergoing the final stages of its major periodic inspection. …
Self-Locking Fasteners Can Drive You Nuts!
Compliments of U.S. Air Force "Flying Safety" Magazine You all have seen or heard of "The Right Stuff." How about…
Foreign Objects Can Become FOD
Courtesy of MSgt Steve Ball and USAF Air Combat Command's "The Combat Edge" online newsmagazine. Foreign Objects Can Become FOD…
If It Were a Snake …
Compliments of U.S. Navy Safety Center ...wait a minute, it is a snake! This photo sent in by one of…
Gitmo FOD
Keeping track of captured enemy combatants isn't the only worry at US Naval Station Guantanamo Bay. Military personnel there treat FOD…
Shedding Some Light on FOD
Compliments of U.S. Navy "Mech" Magazine By Ltjg. Jason Bauman Five minutes to flight quarters and my flashlight doesn’t work.…
The FOD Poems of Master Sergeant Frank Merchant, Whiteman AFB, Missouri.
What is FOD? by Master Sergeant Frank Merchant, Whiteman AFB So what is Foreign Object Damage and what can it…