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Air Force Uses Falcons To Protect Falcons

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the april-already dept.

coondoggie writes "Birds and high-performance jet aircraft don't mix. So at a base in Germany, the Air Force is fighting birds with birds — specifically trained falcons that patrol the base and help eliminate at least some of the feathered threat to the F-16 Fighting Falcons and other aircraft."

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  1. Re:What's next? by wowbagger · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "Too bad you don't realize that both Falcons and Eagles are raptors, as are every other bird of pray ... considering raptor means 'bird of pray'.

    Our Father, who art in Heaven, bless this crow to its intended purpose, amen.

    PREY, not PRAY.

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  2. Re:Falcons & falcons by Hylandr · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Just goes to prove how pro-communism the press was even then.

    - Dan.

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    ~ People that think they are better than anyone else for any reason are the cause of all the strife in the world.
  3. Re:Falcons & falcons by Hylandr · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Check your history,

    Before I get modded troll or flamebait please.

    - Dan.

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    ~ People that think they are better than anyone else for any reason are the cause of all the strife in the world.