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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

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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