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Tech. Sgt. Shane Sweeney, 455th Air Expeditionary Wing weapons safety, holds out a falcon trained by a local Afghan falconer to catch much larger black kite birds that have infested areas near Bagram Air Field's flightline. The falcon's feet are rigged with snare traps so that when the larger kite bird attacks it gets tangled with the falcon and falls to the ground. The 455th AEW safety office hired three local falconers to supplement an aggressive Bird Aircraft Strike Hazard program to reduce the number of bird strikes here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Lake)
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