Foreign Object Damage Prevention and Management in the Deployed Environment

Throughout the history of Air Defense Artillery (ADA), innovative steps were made for the technological advance in weaponry to defend our skies and ground forces. The diverse history and continuous research and development of air defense systems played a vital role in the safety of ground troops and foreign civilians during the Persian Gulf crisis. Though not always in the forefront of battle, ADA had its own vital roles that it played from the time of its birth, and it was no different during Operations Desert Storm and Desert Shield when necessity helped to bring about the evolution of the PAC-II Patriot missile.

prevention. If an employee comes across a hazard such as bodily fluids spilt in an area or a staff member not wearing gloves you

The airport maintenance facilities contain hangar areas and involve public access as well as supply of deliverables. Since these facilities are accessible to the public, airport operator should coordinate security of these facilities to limit the chances of any possible threat. Moreover, the products delivered through these facilities might contain materials that might be useful in planting a security assault.

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport has been deemed the busiest airport in the world for the past 17 years straight (Mutzabaugh, 2015). One huge aspect of having such consistent success over the years has been the airport’s ability to maintain a safe and secure working environment. This is particularly important on the airside of the airport where aircrafts are continually turning, burning, and finding their place among the many gates of the terminal. More specifically, the ramp at KATL is a complex stretch of concrete where aircraft, flight

As Foreign Object Damage Coordinator, he conducted 80 flight line FOD walk-downs, identifying critical flight line surface area discrepancies and monitored all hazard trends. His keen attention to detail led to zero FOD related mishap and played a significant role in the efficiency of flight operations.

The F-35 JSF will be an excellent addition to the current fleet of conventional fighters. However, it is not worth the current investment to replace the entire fleet with fifth gen aircraft. As seen with the F-22 oxygen system failures in 2011, a simple problem has the capability to ground an entire fleet of aircraft.9 In the case of the F-35, a grounding problem at operational volume has the potential to ground the Air Force’s entire fleet of fighter aircraft, essentially leaving the United States powerless in the air. Leaders are taught to always have backup plans if one should fail, the United States is placing all hopes into one multi-purpose airframe. Although cheap, the F-35 is a jack of all trades, but a master of

This sector is vulnerable to a variety of all-hazards threats, and is especially concerned about potentially catastrophic impacts resulting from biological, cyber, vehicle-borne explosive devices, and insider threats. The size,

Shortly after 9/11 there was a much needed change in the concept of homeland security in America. Terrorism drastically evolved, and stapled tried and true practices that were set in place were not effective any more. These types of attack trigger an analysis that is required to close the loopholes where threats could emerge. Ideas like using a Boeing 747 as a weapon was never seen until that day.

However, these environmental regulations can limit the ability of the Department of Defense to developed new technology in order to maintain military’s superiority and truly impact the space available for training. Currently, many training areas that used to be open for training are permanently closed under the ESA for the simplest fact that if used as migration routes for birds and in other because are habit for a threated specie and this is the case of many training areas at Joint Base Lewis McChord in Washington State. Nevertheless, a balance has to be found to allow our forces the maintain a high level of readiness while minimizing the impact to the environment, which in many cases is almost impossible due to the nature of the training. However, poor planning on behalf of many states government has caused the encroachment of these training areas by urban development, which has increase the pressure in the military installation to reduce training and the increase of environmental

The Prevention plan for any risk should be followed in a sequential step for a continuity plan:

Dating back to the introduction of the original Hercules in 1954, Lockheed Martin has persistently continued to demonstrate perpetual enhancements to the performance of the most veteran line of aircraft platforms in martial history and the transition from the KC-130F to the KC-130J was no exception. The enhancements to its avionics systems, engines, and the addition of the Harvest HAWK weapons kit in 2010 has produced a state-of-the-art platform appropriate for modern day operations. The KC-130J’s improvements in speed, efficiency, and overall combat readiness were demonstrated in the aircraft’s participation in many missions undertaken by Marine aviation. Its first deployment took place in February 2005 with the Marine Aerial Transport Squadron 252 to Al Asad, Iraq in continued support of Operation Iraqi Freedom by conducting aerial refueling and aerial deliveries (Oki, 16). The Harvest HAWK weapons system was first put to the test by KC-130Js deployed with Marine Aerial Transport Squadron 352 in 2010, ordered to provide support for ground Marines in Sangin, Afghanistan (Flurry, “Marine Corps Teaches Old Plane New Tricks in Afghanistan”). The KC-130J also played an important role in the operation, Odyssey Dawn as a part of a pilot rescue mission (Lamothe,

One of the biggest thing that I’ve seen so far in the Navy aviation field is the foreign object damage prevention program. It’s there to prevent aircraft from begin damaged from ingestion of debris. What foreign object does is cause damage to the turbine and compressor in the engine, which in term can cause the aircraft to be grounded. It also mean that the aircraft must be sent in for maintenance and its cost time and money to the company, as well as, delayed in the flight schedule. As a manager, I would have a program similar to what Navy has and implemented in my work space to insure that a through walkthrough of the taxi way is clear of debris and making sure that every aircraft that leave the maintenance area is FOD free.

On the morning of September 11th 2001 the United States was attacked by a series of coordinated terrorist attacks and, as a result, thousands of people died that day. After that event took place, tens of thousands of people came together to form a new agency called the Transportation Security Administration, or TSA. Being passed on November 19th 2001, the TSA began taking charge of the aviation security programs that were run by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), by training, hiring, and deploying security forces to all of the commercial airports within 12 months and providing 100 percent screening to all luggage in search for any explosives by December 31, 2002.

This journal exert details that in 2004, the US Department of Homeland Security moved the focus of airport security to include the want to quickly adjust security to shifting threats. From that point, the non-profit organization based in Bedford Massachusetts, The Mitre Corporation, established the Dynamic Airport Security Model (DASM). The Dynamic Airport Security Model was developed to be part of the Mitre backed research project on an attacker and defense behavior in the airport atmosphere. DASM was a quick desktop simulation that takes the airport design, security measures and threat paths as inputs and models those performances of the airport's defenses against the said threat courses. From there, the model includes two intellectual agents which are the attacker and the defense. This model allows different means of security to be incorporated into pre-existing security measures and allows for that much better of security when it comes to airports. It will also allow for a change of a different pace to be in place at

Movement of Weapons. A special threat exists during the movement of weapons on public infrastructure. Weapons when moved are more vulnerable than any other time. Strict compliance with Physical Security procedures for the Transportation of AA&E and coordination with local law enforcement and Washington State Patrol is essential.