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BASH Airmen keep wildlife away from runways, planes

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6/6/2011 - Maj. David Aumack takes aim at a bird June 3, 2011, as part of the Bird/Wildlife Aircraft Strike Hazard program at Baghdad International Airport. The BASH program is designed to reduce wildlife hazards by keeping birds and other animals away from runways and planes. Major Aumack is a flight safety officer assigned to the 321st Air Expeditionary Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Randy Redman)



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6/9/2011 6:06:19 PM ET
They should be directing the birds away and not aiming to kill them. I thought this was what they were doing. We have enough endangered species out there in this world.
wildlife ranger, AL
 
6/9/2011 5:38:22 PM ET
wildlife ranger, They are talking about the Baghdad in Iraq, not the one in Alabama so you don't have to worry about PETA.
Jim, March ARB
 
6/8/2011 9:09:16 PM ET
Depredation of wildlife is always a last-resort in BASH management. Measures are always taken to first make the airfield as unattractive as possible to wildlife. The 1995 tragedy at Elmendorf highlights the threat wildlife can pose when 24 crewmembers died after their AWACS ingested Canada geese.
Major S, Schriever AFB
 
6/8/2011 4:20:34 PM ET
wildlife ranger, do you know the purpose of the BASH program? Birdstrikes put aircrew and aircraft at risk. BASH works to prevent these potentially fatal mishaps.
Analyst, Barksdale
 
6/8/2011 1:12:29 PM ET
Bet I know what they'll be serving for dinner at the Sather DFAC
D, CONUS
 
6/8/2011 12:18:12 PM ET
Yes Ranger, it is much better to have the bird hit the plane and cause a crash killing those on board. Remember the Airbus in the Hudson? Get over it.
Dave, OH
 
6/7/2011 6:00:16 PM ET
Do you want the DoD to get sued by the PETA, WWF and other animal rights activists? Killing animals for the sake of killing them is not right at all.
wildlife ranger, AL
 
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