Air Force Uses Falcons To Protect Falcons 148
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."
Misleading title (Score:2, Funny)
Yea...not about the Air Force using F-16s to attack poachers...
What's next? (Score:5, Funny)
obligatory... (Score:4, Funny)
Yo dawg, I heard you like falcons, so I got you this falcon so you can use your falcons while you use your falcons!
There are better ways. (Score:4, Funny)
To prevent the falcons from becoming a problem (Score:1, Funny)
They bring in some falcon-eating gorillas. And in the winter the gorillas simply freeze to death.
Re:What's next? (Score:3, Funny)
wait till you find out how they protect Nimrods.
Re:What's next? (Score:2, Funny)
Ah, but the A-10 doesn't need any protection -- it's like Chuck Norris.
Re:Misleading title (Score:3, Funny)
What you never watch Flocks News?
Or just watch birds where when they invade an other birds area and they are attacked by a swarm of smaller birds.
Leonardo International Rotary Wing Airport (Score:5, Funny)
Obviously you haven't been paying attention in history class. It's well known that Leonardo de Caprio's wood-and-graphite-composite corkscrew blade helicopter-Transformers were in heavy use during the early 1700s, especially in New Brunswick, East Anglia, and Muscovy. If only they had survived the onslaught of the steam-powered Brazilian Aero-Bombardment Fleet, we'd have a better historical record of those unbelievable flying machines.
Re:What's next? (Score:3, Funny)
Warthogs? You mean a puma, right? No such thing as warthogs.
Re:What's next? (Score:4, Funny)
So, why don't they mount the gun backwards? The pilot could aim through a rear facing camera.
Re:Leonardo International Rotary Wing Airport (Score:3, Funny)
Maybe we should crowdsource production of the novel. A squadron of Slashdotters armed with a few Beowulf clusters do the trick.
Re:What's next? (Score:1, Funny)
Oh sure. Suck all the fun out of it.