Walking the line
The 917th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron on Barksdale Air Force Base, La., made up of both 917th personnel and Regular Air Force members attached to the unit, conducts a foreign object damage (FOD) walk on Barksdale’s flight line Jan. 22, 2010. The 917th AMXS walk the flight line every Friday, collecting any type of FOD, and removing it in order to minimize the chances of damage to aircraft on base. Rocks, broken pavement or garbage are all considered to be FOD. These objects could cut into aircraft tires, become ingested into the engines of the aircraft or could possibly be thrown by jet blast, damaging planes or injuring personnel. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Senior Airman Crystal Marie Jordan)