‘Armor Balls’ deployed, make pilots safer
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii - Master Sgt. Daniel Williams, 15th Wing flight safety superintendent, helps load 70,000 "Armor Ball's" onto a truck from the back of a semi truck here, Oct. 26. The Bird Hazard Working Group initiated the bird hazard abatement as part of the Bird/Wildlife Aircraft Strike Hazard, also know as the BASH program, when members of 647th Services Squadron, 647th Contracting Squadron, 15th Wing safety office and Mamala Bay Golf Course workers released “Armor Balls” into the reservoir. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Gustavo Gonzalez)