update: afi 91-212 bird/wildlife aircraft strike hazard ......bash/wildlife surveys n afi 91-212...
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Headquarters U.S. Air Force
Update: AFI 91-212Bird/wildlife Aircraft Strike Hazard
Management Program
Mr. Kyle B. RussellAFSEC/SEFW
2019 NMFWA Workshop
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n United States Air Force Mission:n “to fly, fight, and win in air, space, and cyberspace.”
n Air Force Safety Center/BASH Team Goal:n “The preservation of war fighting capabilities through
the reduction of wildlife hazards to aircraft operations.”
Mission
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n Identify AFI changes and opportunities for installation Natural Resources Programs to assist Flight Safetyn Successful BASH Programs must have Team approachn Air Force organic capabilitiesn Enhance communication to achieve the mission
Objective
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Background
n Published in May 2018n Rewrite of AFPAM 91-212 Bird/wildlife Aircraft
Strike Hazard (BASH) Management Techniquesn Published in February 2004n Policy and Guidance
n Combination of AFI 91-202 Air Force Mishap Prevention Program
n AFI = Significant Changesn Formal wildlife surveysn Wildlife Exclusion Zonen Photo submission for wildlife strikes
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BASH/Wildlife Surveys
n AFI 91-212 [1.3.9.11] and Attachment 2n Conduct a stand-alone, year-long, formal Wildlife
Hazard Assessment (WHA) every 72 monthsn Installations with a full-time USDA Wildlife Biologist
are not required to perform the 72-month WHAn Formal wildlife survey methods
n Bird point count surveysn Night surveysn Small mammal surveys
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BASH/Wildlife Surveys
Photos courtesy of Mr. Harrison C. Boggs and USDA-Wildlife Services
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Wildlife Exclusion Zone
n AFI 91-212 [2.3.3.3]n “Appropriate Bird Hazard Working Group agencies
shall define a Wildlife Exclusion Zone, or other relevant mitigation zones, specific to the airfield, installation, and flying mission.”
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Wildlife Exclusion Zone
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Wildlife Exclusion Zone
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Wildlife Strike Reporting
n AFI 91-212 [2.5.2]n Whole carcass photo submission to identify species
n Upload photos into AFSAS n AFSEC/SEFW and Smithsonian concurrencen DO NOT DISCARD REMAINS n Use of photo submission is not mandatory
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Wildlife Strike Reporting
Photos courtesy of Dr. Carla Dove, Smithsonian Feather Identification Lab
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Wildlife Strike Reporting
n Unacceptable Photographs:
Photos courtesy of Dr. Carla Dove, Smithsonian Feather Identification Lab
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AFSEC/SEFW
n Mr. Daniel Sullivan, GS-15, [email protected]
n Mr. Kyle Russell, GS-13, [email protected]
n Lt Col Mark Schmidt, [email protected]
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