{"id":26320,"date":"2019-05-15T14:52:34","date_gmt":"2019-05-15T14:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/05\/15\/now-thats-some-fod-alligator-wanders-onto-macdill-flightline\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:44:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:44:01","slug":"now-thats-some-fod-alligator-wanders-onto-macdill-flightline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2019\/05\/15\/now-thats-some-fod-alligator-wanders-onto-macdill-flightline\/","title":{"rendered":"Now that\u2019s some FOD: Alligator wanders onto MacDill flightline"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Air bases across the world live in fear of foreign object debris, or FOD \u2014 rocks, bolts or other random items that could work their way onto a runway, get kicked up and cause serious damage to an aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Tuesday morning, MacDill Air Force Base in Florida encountered an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2016\/10\/17\/air-force-wants-more-training-space-at-wildlife-refuge-in-nevada\/\" target=\"_blank\">unusual visitor on its flightline<\/a>: an alligator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MacDill spokesman 2nd Lt. Brandon Hanner said the alligator is believed to have wandered onto the flightline from one of the bodies of water around the base, where alligators are regularly seen. Fortunately, he said, it was early enough that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-military\/aviation-in-crisis\/2018\/04\/17\/what-birds-cause-the-most-damage-to-us-air-force-assets\/\" target=_blank>no personnel or aircraft were around<\/a> to be endangered by the gator.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/2018\/04\/13\/wildlife-strikes-add-to-air-force-and-navys-mishap-count\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3003516.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Wildlife strikes add to Air Force and Navy\u2019s mishap count<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Navy and Air Force lose tens of millions of dollars a year \u2015 and sometimes, lives \u2015 due to aircraft striking wildlife.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The base\u2019s wing safety office responded, and the office\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2017\/02\/07\/elephant-seal-rookery-found-at-vandenberg-1st-in-30-years\/\" target=_blank>wildlife manager<\/a> oversaw the return of the gator to its likely home. Hanner said the safety office personnel coaxed the gator into the bucket of a small front-end loader to relocate it. Neither the gator, nor anybody at the base, was harmed in the process, Hanner said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The base posted a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MacDillAirForceBase\/photos\/pb.283791219209.-2207520000.1557862565.\/10157142350069210\/?type=3&#038;theater\" target=_blank>photo of the interloper<\/a> on its social media accounts and joked that \u201cYour friendly, #TeamMacDill gator [was] preparing for takeoff.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alligators are not frequent visitors to the MacDill flightline, Hanner said. 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