GRANDFORKSAFBI91-212 governs the Grand Forks Air Force Base Bird/Wildlife Aircraft Strike Hazard (BASH) Program.
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It covers habitat modification, bird hazard warning conditions, bird strike reporting, and training. It requires reporting of DoD bird strikes, documentation of certain BASH events, and evaluation of mission need under severe bird activity conditions.
Applies to: This instruction provides a base program to minimize aircraft exposure to potentially hazardous bird/wildlife strikes and applies to all host, associate, and temporary duty (TDY) organizations on Grand Forks Air Force Base (GFAFB), including the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve members and units.
All DoD bird strike shall be reported to 319 RW/SEF for local identification and data/trend analysis.
Supervisors and aircrews must thoroughly evaluate mission need before conducting operations in areas under condition SEVERE.
BWC moderate requires increased vigilance by all agencies and supervisors, and caution by aircrews.
All bird/wildlife strikes falling below Class D dollar damage threshold will be reported in AFSAS as a Class E BASH event.
Non-damaging BASH reports are important and required to trend accurately for mishap prevention.