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Article: Bird detection radar development ... from Dare County to the cape!
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- Flying Safety
- Article date:
- October 1, 2006
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Only 14 percent of bird strikes to our aircraft occur during low-level and range operations. That number isn't really that small when one considers this 14 percent accounts for 62 percent of total damage costs! In the spirit of mishap prevention, developing technology to increase aircrew safety and reduce damage is one of the USAF BASH Team's primary missions. Correctly identifying hazards allows us to properly target the correct species with an appropriate tool while prudently spending diminishing government funds.
The United States Air Force made its first steps into using small mobile radar to detect and count birds at Dare County Bombing Range, NC, in the ...