NATO multi-year research. proposal. Albert de Hoon Royal Netherlands Air Force Custodian NATO Wildlife Strike Prevention. NATO Flight Safety

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1 NATO multi-year research proposal Albert de Hoon Royal Netherlands Air Force Custodian NATO Wildlife Strike Prevention 1

2 NATO members and partners

3 Relation between environment (abiotic) and nature (biotic)

4 Clean environment

5 Clean environment - landscape

6 Wildlife

7 Wildlife movements

8 Environment & Nature Flight Safety Environment & Nature How to solve this conflict? RNLAF Wildlife Strike DEEG JEPMG meeting Prague 3 October 2011

9 NATO Science for Peace:

10 NATO Science for Peace : Workshop: Training: there is already this IBSC meeting IBSC training working group already exists Science: Which subject(s) require(s) more scientific knowledge?

11 Costs of wildlife strikes Air Force Years # strikes repair and material costs Man hours USAF ,730 35,560,000 $?? Down time US civil airline ,326 6,200,000 $? 52,650,000 $ RNLAF > 5,000,000 5,853 32,311 hours Per RNLAF a/c type: man hours down time % of flight hours F-16: 4,772 20, % Apache: 417 1,958 4 % Cougar: 359 2,450 7 % Chinook: 417 5, % PC ,221 6 % 11

12 Effects of wildlife strikes Effects on RNLAF missions of 865 wildlife strikes during Crash: 1 Mission affected: 199 Aborted take-off: 33 Landed nearest airbase: 41 Returned to airbase: 125 Uneventful:

13 Bird migration information 13

14 birds ears and eyes 14

15 Behaviour of wildlife 15

16 Behaviour of wildlife Bird strike ratio actual ~ expected 5 lapwing 4 Kievit kestrel To renvalk real numb ber Wulp Kauw Holeduif jack daw curlew stock dove carrion crow Zwarte kraai Veldleeuwerik skylark Expected number expected number starling Spreeuw Gierzwaluw swift 16

17 Behaviour of wildlife

18 agoraphobian ~ claustrophobic Agoraphobian species (Bittern, below) hide in tall vegetation and are therefore unlikely to enter the open space of the runway Claustrophobic species (for example Stone-curlew) prefer to stay in short vegetation to be able to have a wide view. In this way they see predators approaching in advance, giving them enough time to flee before predators like snake and fox can catch them. 18

19 All this knowledge is translated into recommendations ICAO Doc 9137 AN/901 Part 3

20 safety ~ operations operations safety

21 - Can we change flight schedule of birds / bats? Can we change flight schedule of A/C?

22 nature ~ 1976 agriculture

23 Full-time / part-time 23

24 number of personnel Bird strike ratio over the year # BCU personnel spring summer fall

25 shooting ~ shooing 1976 KILL THE WINGED RATS??

26 vacuum ~ balance

27 NATURA

28 ecological 1976 vacuum RNLAF Wildlife Strike EPWG meeting NATO HQ, 14 Dec 2010

29 ecological vacuum RNLAF Wildlife Strike EPWG meeting NATO HQ, 14 Dec

30 1976 equipment

31 runway patrols

32 1976 runway patrol

33 evaluation Verschillen in aanpak

34 wildlife strike reporting Within RNLAF 3 databases are in place for reporting wildlife strikes (18% overlap for 1,319 strikes in ) Bird Control Unit Flight Safety Department Maintenance Centre 34

35 targets 1976

36 Rob van Eekeren Bird controller

37 NATO requires: An IBSC certified tool for airbase commanders to assess the wildlife strike risk in order to balance the costs benefits of their wildlife control units and infrastructural and habitat management.

38 Thank you!!!