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or years, the importance of reporting bird-strike events has been preached at safety stand-downs, stressed in numerous articles, and presented at every meeting and conference possible. Why is our reporting rate still low? As I work with Navy and Marine Corps aviation personnel around the world, I hear comments like, “The strike did not do any damage, so why report it?” or “How is the reporting of one strike going to help the program?” Well, I am here to tell you the reporting of every strike event is very important and is required by OpNavInst 3750.6. Airfield managers and biologists who try to make the airfield the safest flying environment possible need every piece of information available. This includes the reporting and identification of every damaging or nondamaging strike event, and even near-miss events. 6
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