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Unique partnership brings Smithsonian Institution to Kuwait

A display of various birds is shown at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, June 12, 2019. The samples will be taken back to the Smithsonian Institution’s Feather Identification Lab in Washington D.C. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Arielle Vasquez)

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Unique partnership brings Smithsonian Institution to Kuwait

Kayla Severino, 386th Air Expeditionary Wing USDA wildlife biologist, and Jim Whatton, Smithsonian Institution’s Feather Identification Lab research assistant, presents a display of bird samples to Col. Patrick Schlichenmeyer, 386th AEW wing commander, at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, June 12, 2019. The unique partnership between the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing, the Smithsonian and the Kuwait Environment Public Authority allowed for the visit to take place. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Arielle Vasquez)

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Unique partnership brings Smithsonian Institution to Kuwait

Kayla Severino, 386th Air Expeditionary Wing USDA wildlife biologist, and Jim Whatton, Smithsonian Institution’s Feather Identification Lab research assistant, survey for birds at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, June 10, 2019. Severino and Whatton have teamed up to collect samples of various birds to take back to the Smithsonian, with the goal of collecting data on native and migratory species to reduce bird strikes on aircraft around the world. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Arielle Vasquez)

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Unique partnership brings Smithsonian Institution to Kuwait

Kayla Severino, 386th Air Expeditionary Wing USDA wildlife biologist, surveys for birds at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, June 10, 2019. The 386th Air Expeditionary Wing’s Bird/Wildlife Aircraft Strike Hazard, or BASH, program, is designed to reduce the wildlife struck by aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Arielle Vasquez)

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Unique partnership brings Smithsonian Institution to Kuwait

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USDA, BASH saving lives and money

Megan Baker, U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Service wild service's wild life biologist, fires a pyrotechnic, at a undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Nov. 1, 2017. The USDA uses pyrotechnics similar to bottle rockets to scare birds away from habitats on or near airport runways.(U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. William Banton)

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USDA, BASH saving lives and money

Megan Baker (right) and Colby Cousineau, U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Service wild service's wild life biologists look for aircraft wildlife threats at a undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Nov. 1, 2017. The Air Force works with the USDA in support of Bird, and wildlife, Aircraft Strike Hazard Program.(U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. William Banton)

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USDA, BASH saving lives and money

The Bird, and wildlife, Aircraft Strike Hazard program (BASH) is to preserve war fighting capabilities through the reduction of wildlife hazards to aircraft operations. According to the Air Force Safety Center during the 2016 fiscal year the Air Force had more than 4000 wildlife strikes to aircraft resulting in more than 20.6 million dollars in damage. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. William Banton)

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F-15E WSO, bro joins 1,000 combat flight hours club

Fire engines from the 380th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron render a water salute to a taxing F-15E Strike Eagle fighter aircraft at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, April 9, 2016. The water salute is used for to celebrate various achievements of aircrew personnel, aircraft and in this case, reaching the 1,000 combat flight hour milestone during a mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kentavist P. Brackin/Released)

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F-15E WSO, bro joins 1,000 combat flight hours club

Lt. Col. Bash, 391st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron weapons system officer and instructor, is congratulated by Maj. Swat, 391st EFS WSO, on passing 1,000 combat flying hour milestone at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, April 9, 2016. Bash achieved the milestone during the 177th combat mission of his career while supporting Operation Inherent Resolve. (U. S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kentavist P. Brackin/Released)

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F-15E WSO, bro joins 1,000 combat flight hours club

Lt. Col. Bash, top right, 391st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron weapons system officer and instructor, prepares to disembark from a F-15E Strike Eagle fighter aircraft after returning from a combat mission at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, April 9, 2016. Bash, a 14-year veteran of the F-15, flew his first combat mission from Al Uldeid in 2003 where he sortied over the deserts of Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U. S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kentavist P. Brackin/Released)

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F-15E WSO, bro joins 1,000 combat flight hours club

Lt. Col. Bash, 391st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron weapons system officer and instructor, poses for a photo with an F-15E Strike Eagle fighter aircraft after returning from his 1,000 combat flying hour milestone sortie at undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, April 9, 2016. The 1,000 hour milestone, an equivalent to more than 40 days in combat, is lauded as a rare achievement, which some flyers never achieve. (U. S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kentavist P. Brackin/Released)

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Unique partnership brings Smithsonian Institution to Kuwait

Unique partnership brings Smithsonian Institution to Kuwait

Unique partnership brings Smithsonian Institution to Kuwait

Unique partnership brings Smithsonian Institution to Kuwait

Unique partnership brings Smithsonian Institution to Kuwait

USDA, BASH saving lives and money

USDA, BASH saving lives and money

USDA, BASH saving lives and money

F-15E WSO, bro joins 1,000 combat flight hours club

F-15E WSO, bro joins 1,000 combat flight hours club

F-15E WSO, bro joins 1,000 combat flight hours club

F-15E WSO, bro joins 1,000 combat flight hours club

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