Base to clean-up flightline via annual FOD walk Published April 17, 2008 By Airman 1st Class Nora Anton 354th Fighter Wing Public Affairs EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- The annual base flightline foreign object debris walk is scheduled April 25. The event will include all units on base. The event will require a mass, thorough cleaning of the flightline in which all trash and rocks will be picked up and thrown away. "Even one pebble can ground an aircraft if it finds its way into the jet engine of the aircraft," said Brig. Gen. Mark Graper, 354th Fighter Wing commander. "Annual FOD walks prevent unnecessary damage, expense, extra work and disruptions in operations." Transportation will be provided per squadron, all buses will begin loading at 6:30 a.m. and will leave for the flightline at 7 a.m. The bus schedule is as follows: Civil Engineer Squadron: Bldg. 2310/Orderly room Operations Support Squadron: Bldg. 354/Tower Mission Support and Maintenance Groups: Amber Hall/Flag pole Maintenance Squadron: Bldg. 551/Orderly room Logistics Readiness Squadron: Bldg. 2811 Medical Group: Bldg. 2630's parking lot The assigned buses will be dropping its parties off at selected locations on the flightline and participants will be unloading, armed with trash bags and picking up any and all debris on the flightline. Squadrons are responsible for providing their own trash bags, and disposing of the trash properly. A base clean-up day will be scheduled later in the spring as weather permits.