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  • BIRD CHASERS

    Birds and aircraft don't mix. Nearly 77,000 mid-air collisions between birds and aircraft since 1985 cost the Air Force $755,721,425, according to bird strike statistics kept by Air Force Safety Center's Bird/Wildlife Aircraft Strike Hazard (BASH) Team at Kirtland AFB, New Mexico. A strike with a

  • March Air Reserve Base tests solar-powered carts

    The carts cost around $8,000 - about $1,000 more than their plug-in counterparts - but they could create savings over time through reduced utility bills and a longer battery life.With summer temperatures topping 90 degrees on base, March reservists are no strangers to the heat. June brought record

  • 452ND APSF MAKES SURE MARINES ARE GOOD TO GO

    'SEABAG DRAG' March Air Reserve Base has become the main hub for local deployments since Norton AFB closed in '94. The 452nd APSF makes sure service members are cleared for deployment.The 452nd Aerial Port Support Flight shipped out thousands of Marines from Camp Pendleton's I Marine Expeditionary

  • AMOC: THEIR EYES ARE OVER THE NATION

    Jose Clariot thought no one would notice his single-engine plane descend into a Nashville airport early one morning in January. After all, he wasn't flying in the most ideal circumstances. It was still dark outside, and to make matters worse, he was caught in the middle of a rain storm. But it

  • 163d RW to expand Predator training at March Air Reserve Base

    The 163d Maintenance Group's Field Training Detachment (FTD) here will soon be a fully accredited MQ-1 Predator maintenance training schoolhouse, according to a memorandum of agreement between Air Education and Training Command (AETC), Air National Guard Bureau (ANGB) and the 163d FTD. Once the