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386th Air Expeditionary Wing Safety office and United States Department of Agriculture collaborate to keep flight line safe

U.S. Air Force Capt. Jeremy Sarno, left, a C-130 Hercules pilot with the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing Safety office, and Kevin Barnes, a U.S. Department of Agriculture wildlife specialist, fill up a rifle with air at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, April 5, 2022. The 386th AEW/SE works with the USDA to depredate wildlife that poses a risk to aircraft, under the Bird/wildlife Aircraft Strike Hazard program. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Natalie Filzen)
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386th Air Expeditionary Wing Safety office and United States Department of Agriculture collaborate to keep flight line safe

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Edgar Epiebuang, an entomology pest management journeyman with the 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron, opens a fridge to store and preserve bait at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, April 5, 2022. The cataloging of the animals is required as the Smithsonian Institution retrieves them for their bird lab stateside. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Natalie Filzen)
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386th Air Expeditionary Wing Safety office and United States Department of Agriculture collaborate to keep flight line safe

Kevin Barnes, left, a U.S. Department of Agriculture wildlife specialist, and U.S. Air Force Capt. Jeremy Sarno, a C-130 Hercules pilot with the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing Safety office, prepare to depredate a bird that is by the centerline of the runway at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, April 5, 2022. The 386th AEW/SE works with the USDA to depredate wildlife that poses a risk to aircraft, under the Bird/wildlife Aircraft Strike Hazard program. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Natalie Filzen)
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386th Air Expeditionary Wing Safety office and United States Department of Agriculture collaborate to keep flight line safe

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Edgar Epiebuang, an entomology pest management journeyman with the 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron, opens a fridge to store and preserve bait at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, April 5, 2022. The cataloging of the animals retrieved is required as the Smithsonian Institution retrieves them for their bird lab stateside. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Natalie Filzen)
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386th Air Expeditionary Wing Safety office and United States Department of Agriculture collaborate to keep flight line safe

Kevin Barnes, left, a U.S. Department of Agriculture wildlife specialist, and U.S. Air Force Capt. Jeremy Sarno, a C-130 Hercules pilot with the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing Safety office, collect the remains of birds they extinguished at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, April 5, 2022. The 386th AEW/SE works with the USDA to depredate wildlife that poses a risk to aircraft, under the Bird/wildlife Aircraft Strike Hazard program. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Natalie Filzen)
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386th Air Expeditionary Wing Safety office and United States Department of Agriculture collaborate to keep flight line safe

U.S. Air Force Capt. Jeremy Sarno, left, a C-130 Hercules pilot with the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing Safety office, and Kevin Barnes, a U.S. Department of Agriculture wildlife specialist, fill up a rifle with air at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, April 5, 2022. The 386th AEW/SE works with the USDA to depredate wildlife that poses a risk to aircraft, under the Bird/wildlife Aircraft Strike Hazard program. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Natalie Filzen)
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386th Air Expeditionary Wing Safety office and United States Department of Agriculture collaborate to keep flight line safe

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Edgar Epiebuang, an entomology pest management journeyman with the 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron, opens a fridge to store and preserve bait at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, April 5, 2022. The cataloging of the animals is required as the Smithsonian Institution retrieves them for their bird lab stateside. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Natalie Filzen)
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386th Air Expeditionary Wing Safety office and United States Department of Agriculture collaborate to keep flight line safe

Kevin Barnes, left, a U.S. Department of Agriculture wildlife specialist, and U.S. Air Force Capt. Jeremy Sarno, a C-130 Hercules pilot with the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing Safety office, prepare to depredate a bird that is by the centerline of the runway at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, April 5, 2022. The 386th AEW/SE works with the USDA to depredate wildlife that poses a risk to aircraft, under the Bird/wildlife Aircraft Strike Hazard program. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Natalie Filzen)
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386th Air Expeditionary Wing Safety office and United States Department of Agriculture collaborate to keep flight line safe

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Edgar Epiebuang, an entomology pest management journeyman with the 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron, opens a fridge to store and preserve bait at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, April 5, 2022. The cataloging of the animals retrieved is required as the Smithsonian Institution retrieves them for their bird lab stateside. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Natalie Filzen)
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386th Air Expeditionary Wing Safety office and United States Department of Agriculture collaborate to keep flight line safe

Kevin Barnes, left, a U.S. Department of Agriculture wildlife specialist, and U.S. Air Force Capt. Jeremy Sarno, a C-130 Hercules pilot with the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing Safety office, collect the remains of birds they extinguished at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, April 5, 2022. The 386th AEW/SE works with the USDA to depredate wildlife that poses a risk to aircraft, under the Bird/wildlife Aircraft Strike Hazard program. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Natalie Filzen)
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Qatar Emiri Air Force hosts a family cultural exchange for coalition partners

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Sadie Jurado, assigned to the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, holds a falcon during the Qatar Emiri Air Force Family Cultural Exchange at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Dec. 1, 2017. The cultural exchange, hosted by the QEAF, was a relationship building event that gave families and members of Qatari, U.S. and coalition forces an opportunity to interact and learn about each others cultures. Falconry is a national pastime in Qatar. The event included cultural exhibits, regional animals, local food, games for children and more. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Patrick Evenson)
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Qatar Emiri Air Force hosts a family cultural exchange for coalition partners

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Charles Manship, assigned to the 379th Expeditionary Force Support Squadron, holds a falcon during the Qatar Emiri Air Force Family Cultural Exchange at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Dec. 1, 2017. The cultural exchange, hosted by the QEAF, was a relationship building event that gave families and members of Qatari, U.S. and coalition forces an opportunity to interact and learn about each others cultures. Falconry is a national pastime in Qatar. The event included cultural exhibits, regional animals, local food, games for children and more. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Patrick Evenson)
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Bird guides, binoulars and ballistics keep the birds at bay

Dave Tresham, United States Department of Agriculture wildlife biologist, assembles a trapping device near the flightline at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Sept. 3, 2015. Tresham controls the wildlife population in the area through the use of ballistics, habitat modification and education in an effort to reduce aircraft strikes that can hamper the support the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing provides to degrade and defeat the Islamic State during Operation Inherent Resolve. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Brittany E. Jones)
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Bird guides, binoulars and ballistics keep the birds at bay

Dave Tresham, United States Department of Agriculture wildlife biologist, educates members of the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing about birds common in the region and the hazards they present at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Sept. 3, 2015. Tresham monitors the flocking habits of small birds near the flightline in an effort to prevent bird strikes to aircraft supporting Operation Inherent Resolve. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Brittany E. Jones)
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Bird guides, binoulars and ballistics keep the birds at bay

Dave Tresham, United States Department of Agriculture wildlife biologist, retrieves a dead pigeon that could attract foxes and other predators toward the flightline area at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Sept. 3, 2015. Tresham controls the wildlife population in the area through the use of ballistics, habitat modification and education in an effort to reduce aircraft strikes that can hamper the support the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing provides to degrade and defeat the Islamic State during Operation Inherent Resolve. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Brittany E. Jones)
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Bird guides, binoulars and ballistics keep the birds at bay

Dave Tresham, United States Department of Agriculture wildlife biologist, disperses birds settling in an area known as the "Green Mile," a manmade sewage runoff expanse with a lush, green environment that provides food, water and shelter attractive to wild animals at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Sept. 3, 2015. Tresham uses ballistics multiple times per day to frighten birds and other creatures away from the area in an effort to control the wildlife population near aircraft and flightline operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Brittany E. Jones)
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Bird guides, binoulars and ballistics keep the birds at bay

Dave Tresham, United States Department of Agriculture wildlife biologist, observes bird patterns near the flightline at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Sept. 3, 2015. Tresham runs the Bird Aircraft Strike Hazard program on the base and monitors and bird and wildlife activity in the area to mitigate and reduce threats to aircraft supporting Operation Inherent Resolve. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Brittany E. Jones)
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Bird guides, binoulars and ballistics keep the birds at bay

Dave Tresham, United States Department of Agriculture wildlife biologist, controls the pigeon population near the flightline at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Sept. 3, 2015. Tresham frequently monitors bird nesting and perching habits near aircraft supporting Operation Inherent Resolve in an effort to reduce bird aircraft strikes that cost millions of dollars in damage and take lives annually. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Brittany E. Jones)
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