FOD, an Enemy in War
Safety-conscious personnel in the US Air Force's 379th Air Expeditionary Wing discuss the importance of FOD awareness to their critical…
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FOD walks, flight line prevention, base operations, combat readiness programs, and military maintenance standards.
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Tool Control: Navy Practices
The Spring 2009 issue of the Naval Safety Center's Mech Magazine (pgs. 8, 29 & 31) features several short articles on best practices for Tool Control. (Read More)
RED HORSE to the Rescue in Iraq
Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers repair deteriorating runway pavement at Kirkuk Regional Air Base. Read More...
Watch out for FOD!
Compliments of "The Combat Edge" Magazine By SMSgt Jeffery B. England, Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C. Most of us are familiar…
Lawsuit After FOD Incident Claims 14 Lives
A group of military families in the United States will file suit over the fatal August 2007 crash of a…
Earlier Coverage
A Rag With A Mind Of It’s Own
Compliments of U.S. Navy "Mech" Magazine By AM3 Edgar Crook It was a hot, muggy, summer day in the Persian…
Langley officials fight to keep F-22s from being damaged.
4/9/2008 - LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. (AFPN) -- The Air Force's newest and most technologically advanced fighter, the F-22 Raptor, is under attack…
US NAVY FOD REGULATIONS
Read the Naval Aviation Maintenance Program Standard Operating Procedures for FOD control. The FOD program is on Page 142 of…
THE GOLDEN BOLT
FOD: A 3-Letter Acronym For Trouble by Tech. Sgt. Phyllis Hanson 11/14/2007 - ALI AIR BASE, Iraq -- If a rock bouncing out of…
Posters: FOD is Scary
Get you point across any way you can! The Air Force Safety Center has produced some cool FOD posters as part…
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE FOD REGULATIONS
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE FOD REGULATIONS (Air Force Instruction AFI21-101) To read the US Air Force instructions for FOD control,…
Want To Know Where Your FOD Came From?
There is a way to find out, and not only is it called F.A.S.T. - but it is that, too!…
FOD Mishaps – They Pretty Much Ate Our Lunch in FY01
Compliments of U.S. Air Force "Flying Safety" Magazine Let's take a minute and talk about FOD. While we addressed it…
Running an effective FOD prevention program
From the April 2001 issue of "Flying Safety" magazine. MSGT CHRIS D. FORNO 80 FTW Sheppard AFB TX Landing gear…
You Pick: Cheap Lesson or Expensive Mishap
Compliments of U.S. Air Force "Flying Safety" Magazine LCDR CHRIS PLUMMER, USN Reprinted from Approach, April 2000 “Wake up. Wake…