FOD! now that's a term I haven't used for a while (Foreign Object Damage - from memory?)
I used to work at RIC and part of the job was delivering/escorting trucks onto the flightline and would have to stop the trucks and ask the drivers to check all their tyres for nails, stones etc. Caused a few 'blue's' but rules are rules.
As the main store we received many 707 engines back from overhaul (UK mainly) and always nervous guys unloading as you had RAAF F/Sgts and Officers watching you.
One came back and the transport company hadn't adhered to the strict 'air-ride suspension only' rule and you would have heard the yelling and carry on all over the base when the tarps were pulled back and there was this very sorry looking engine with fluids leaking all over the trailer floor.
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