Photo By Staff Sgt. Tryphena Mayhugh | Sixth-grade students from Ramstein Middle School pet a peregrine falcon as a part of a...... read more read more
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RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany – The 86th Airlift Wing Flight Safety Office provided a Bird Aircraft Strike Hazard demonstration April 16, for Ramstein Middle School students here.
The show was one of several events for the sixth-grade students leading up to Earth Day, April 22. The demonstration included education on how the peregrine falcon catches and eats food and is used to prevent birds from interfering with aircraft as they take off and land on the flightline.
Earth Day is celebrated each year around the world to spread awareness of the needs of the environment and to educate people on what they can do to help.
The bird’s handler, an 86th AW Flight Safety Office falconer, presented two falcons for the demonstration, bringing each one around for the students to see up close and touch, while educating them on basic facts about the animal.
“I think the students are brought to see the falcons each year for Earth Day because it makes them more aware of the environment,” said Michaela Ivy, 86th AW Flight Safety Office falconer assistant. “They learn about these birds and how they depend upon the environment, and perhaps are instilled with the importance of taking care of it.”
As mankind progresses towards the future, that progress sometimes can take a toll on the environment. Creating an interest in the next generation to take care of the earth is a part of what Earth Day strives to teach.
“I think it has a positive impact on the students, since it builds an appreciation for the falcons as well as the environment,” said Johanette Scott, RMS science teacher.
A few students were selected to don a large leather glove to hold and feed a falcon, while all the other children crowded, trying to get the best view.
“I think many kids have a fascination with birds, and they always leave in amazement,” Ivy said. “They are full of interest during the demonstration, and they always have questions about the birds.”
Each student was given a falcon feather as a souvenir of the day, and perhaps to serve as a reminder about what they had learned. The hope behind the BASH demonstration was to peak the students interest into nature and the environment all around them.
“I know when I was first learning about birds, everywhere I went I would look around and see other kinds and have a curiosity about them as well,” Ivy said. “I hope that seeing the show has opened the children’s eyes to the nature around them.”
The BASH demonstration strove to excite young minds by providing an up-close and personal look into the peregrine falcon and how they can help save Airmen on the flightline at Ramstein.
| Date Taken: | 04.22.2015 |
| Date Posted: | 04.27.2015 04:24 |
| Story ID: | 160777 |
| Location: | RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, RHEINLAND-PFALZ, DE |
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