20200423-APHIS-LSC-1045
With afterburners aflame and speeds near 200 mph and climbing, instructor pilots and their students take off in two T-38C Talon supersonic jets and head by three birds flying across their path over the runway; this is an everpresent a hazard at Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA) - Randolph, Texas, on April 23, 2020. This is the primary challenge of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Wildlife Services (WS) Airport Wildlife Hazard Management Program's local Wildlife Biologist Michael Pacheco and his Integrated Wildlife Damage Management (IWDM) actions to help mitigate wildlife strike hazards before aircraft takeoff.
For more information and related videos, PLEASE see the APHIS-Integrated Wildlife Damage Management at JBSA Randolph album description at flic.kr/s/aHsmN6DtGH.
USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
20200423-APHIS-LSC-1045
With afterburners aflame and speeds near 200 mph and climbing, instructor pilots and their students take off in two T-38C Talon supersonic jets and head by three birds flying across their path over the runway; this is an everpresent a hazard at Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA) - Randolph, Texas, on April 23, 2020. This is the primary challenge of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Wildlife Services (WS) Airport Wildlife Hazard Management Program's local Wildlife Biologist Michael Pacheco and his Integrated Wildlife Damage Management (IWDM) actions to help mitigate wildlife strike hazards before aircraft takeoff.
For more information and related videos, PLEASE see the APHIS-Integrated Wildlife Damage Management at JBSA Randolph album description at flic.kr/s/aHsmN6DtGH.
USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.