At Dyess Air Force Base (AFB), Texas, US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMA...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dyess Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: Air Combat Command Scene Camera Operat... More
AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Vincent Mitchell, 435th Organizational Mainte...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Air Base 6, Montigo Country: Portugal (PRT) Scene Camera Operator: Ssgt Fernando Serna Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servi... More
US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Nick Gearhart, with the 7th Co...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dyess Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: Air Combat Command Scene Camera Operat... More
Army Private 1st Class Benny Saldana, licensed vocational
Army Private 1st Class Benny Saldana, licensed vocational nurse, administers eye drops to Todd Unruh at Brooke Army Medical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Nov. 4, 2019. Unruh, a corpora... More
Pilot Todd Unruh shares the story of his emergency
Pilot Todd Unruh shares the story of his emergency landing after a bird strike temporarily blinded him while recovering from his eye injuries at Brooke Army Medical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houst... More
Members of the 435th Organizational Maintenance Squadron repair the wi...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Air Base 6, Montigo Country: Portugal (PRT) Scene Camera Operator: Ssgt Fernando Serna Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servi... More
During Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Paul Rutz (fr...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Moron Air Base State: Sevilla Country: Spain (ESP) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Ope... More
During Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Gregory F...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Moron Air Base State: Sevilla Country: Spain (ESP) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Ope... More
A team from the Robins Safety office, Department of
A team from the Robins Safety office, Department of Agriculture and other safety organizations installs one of 24 bird cannons at the end of the Robins Air Force Base runway. The cannons are located mainly in t... More
The director and superintendent assigned to the 180th
The director and superintendent assigned to the 180th Fighter Wing Safety office and members of the Air National Guard’s Bird Aircraft Strike Hazard team prepare to conduct an aerial survey of wildlife habitats... More
Amy Reed, a wildlife biologist and environmental scientist
Amy Reed, a wildlife biologist and environmental scientist assigned to the Air National Guard’s Bird Aircraft Strike Hazard team, documents wildlife habitats and migration patterns on the 180th Fighter Wing air... More
Bird strike - A group of men standing on top of a lush green field
From left: Ted Pepps, Mike Pacheco and Brian Washburn, U.S. Department of Agriculture research biologists, demonstrate the proper way to set up an electromagnetic drop net June 23 at Joint Base San Antonio-Rand... More
The unique wetland environment on and surrounding airfield
The unique wetland environment on and surrounding airfield at the 180th Fighter Wing and Toledo Express Airport provide inviting habitats and feeding grounds for wildlife, highlighting several areas of concern ... More
A team from the Robins Safety office, Department of
A team from the Robins Safety office, Department of Agriculture and other safety organizations installs one of 24 bird cannons at the end of the Robins Air Force Base runway. The cannons are located mainly in t... More
A new Bird Cannon System is up and running at Robins
A new Bird Cannon System is up and running at Robins Air Force Base. One of the bird cannons – which is part of a system of non-lethal, sound-producing cannons – sits at one end of the Robins runway as a base a... More
Lauren Caister, 22nd Air Refueling Wing Bird/Wildlife
Lauren Caister, 22nd Air Refueling Wing Bird/Wildlife Aircraft Strike Hazard program manager, briefs local landowners about the Landowner Program Dec. 3, 2015, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. Caister also tal... More
Dan Biteman, a wildlife biologist for the U.S. Department
Dan Biteman, a wildlife biologist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, tries to calm a red-tailed hawk that was captured Feb. 4 near the airfield at Joint Forces Training Base (JFTB) Los Alamitos and later r... More
Air Force Reserve members load cargo onto a C-17 Globemaster
Air Force Reserve members load cargo onto a C-17 Globemaster during the annual Patriot Hook domestic-response exercise April 21 at Joint Forces Training Base (JFTB) Los Alamitos, where the Globemaster shared th... More
Dan Biteman, a wildlife biologist for the U.S. Department
Dan Biteman, a wildlife biologist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, adjusts a Swedish goshawk trap March 29 near the airfield at Joint Forces Training Base (JFTB) Los Alamitos. JFTB, which is a California... More
Bird strike investigation
Lt. Col. Deron Myers, chief of safety for the 164th Airlift Wing and Master Sgt. Sandra Jeterfrom the 164th Airlift Wing Operations perform a bird strike investigation in Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 11, 2014. Myers an... More
Lt. Col. Scott Schaupeter, director of flying and ground
Lt. Col. Scott Schaupeter, director of flying and ground safety at the 180th Fighter Wing, Sarah Brammell and Caleb Wellman, both members of the Bird Aircraft Strike Hazard team, listen as 180FW Safety Superint... More
The unique wetland environment on and surrounding airfield
The unique wetland environment on and surrounding airfield at the 180th Fighter Wing and Toledo Express Airport provide inviting habitats and feeding grounds for wildlife, highlighting several areas of concern ... More
An Illinois National Guard Bravo Company 1ST Battalion, 106th Aviation...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Victory Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Angelique Perez Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service D... More
Miranda Ballentine visit
Col. Matthew Isler, 12th Flying Training Wing commander, briefs Miranda Ballentine, assistant secretary of the Air Force-Installations, Environment and Energy on the increase in bird aircraft strike hazard and ... More
The damage from a bird strike can be seen on the cowling
The damage from a bird strike can be seen on the cowling of a KC-135 engine on the 507th Air Refueling Wing flightline at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Sept. 22, 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Kurt Weisel)
Director of Environmental Resource Solutions Southwest
Director of Environmental Resource Solutions Southwest Florida Region and wildlife biologist, Sarah Brammell, assigned to the Air National Guard’s Bird Aircraft Strike Hazard team, surveys wildlife habitats and... More
Deployed flight safety - A man in camouflage is holding a rifle
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. John Gadwill, as part of his duties as a flight safety non-commissioned officer, must disperse wildlife from the airfield as they pose a potential safety threat. When non-lethal meth... More
Director of Environmental Resource Solutions Southwest
Director of Environmental Resource Solutions Southwest Florida Region and wildlife biologist, Sarah Brammell, assigned to the Air National Guard’s Bird Aircraft Strike Hazard team, presents a briefing to member... More
Mobility Airmen provide structure to C-130 fleet
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Christopher Lahey, 19th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Aircraft Structural Maintenance craftsman, and his team repaired a leading edge for a C-130J back wing May 9, 2017, at Little Rock... More
Mr. John Griffin, U.S. Department of Agriculture wildlife
Mr. John Griffin, U.S. Department of Agriculture wildlife biologist with the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing flight safety office, deters birds from inhabiting the airfield Jan. 31, 2011. Flight safety is responsi... More
Director of Environmental Resource Solutions Southwest
Director of Environmental Resource Solutions Southwest Florida Region and wildlife biologist, Sarah Brammell, assigned to the Air National Guard’s Bird Aircraft Strike Hazard team, and Lt. Col. Scott Schaupeter... More
An F-16 Fighting Falcon, assigned to the 180th Fighter
An F-16 Fighting Falcon, assigned to the 180th Fighter Wing, has a close encounter with a large hawk during take-off April 13, 2017. Wildlife-related incidents were documented as the leading cause of F-16 fight... More
Master Sgt. Harold Fulghum and Senior Airman Acacia
Master Sgt. Harold Fulghum and Senior Airman Acacia Shelton, aircraft structural technicians with the 507th Maintenance Squadron smooth the edge of new engine intake section they fabricated in-house over a thre... More
Lt. Col. Scott Schaupeter, director of flying and ground
Lt. Col. Scott Schaupeter, director of flying and ground safety at the 180th Fighter Wing, and members of the Bird Aircraft Strike Hazard team, Sarah Brammell, Amy Reed and Caleb Wellman, listen as 180FW Safety... More
Senior Master Sgt. James Jenkins, aircraft structural
Senior Master Sgt. James Jenkins, aircraft structural technician with the 507th Maintenance Squadron, marks areas to be trimmed from a new engine intake section fabricated in the 507th Maintenance Squadron stru... More
Director of Environmental Resource Solutions Southwest
Director of Environmental Resource Solutions Southwest Florida Region and wildlife biologist, Sarah Brammell, assigned to the Air National Guard’s Bird Aircraft Strike Hazard team, and Lt. Col. Scott Schaupeter... More
Mr. John Griffin, U.S. Department of Agriculture wildlife
Mr. John Griffin, U.S. Department of Agriculture wildlife biologist with the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing flight safety office, scans the airfield for wildlife Jan. 31, 2011. Flight safety is responsible for re... More
A team from the Robins Safety office, Department of
A team from the Robins Safety office, Department of Agriculture and other safety organizations installs one of 24 bird cannons at the end of the Robins Air Force Base runway. The cannons are located mainly in t... More
Master Sgt. Harold Fulghum and Senior Master Sgt. James
Master Sgt. Harold Fulghum and Senior Master Sgt. James Jenkins, aircraft structural technicians with the 507th Maintenance Squadron, ensure proper alignment of a new engine intake section October 2, 2020, at T... More