USAF Introduces Self-Propelled Wheel Chocks

[MIflyer]

They have a secondary function in improving security around aircraft.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

709th SPS. I think their commander is a Nile crocodile.

 

[ThomasP]

Must be an experimental model. Current Mk 1 self-propelled wheel chocks.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

Train the 'gator to outgas some Halon, we're good.

 

[Engineman]

When I parked-up overnight on the Canaveral skid-strip, security included "George" who sat in the drainage creek.

Eng

 

[MIflyer]

We have both alligators and crocodiles in FL. The alligators are not noted for their good humor but I understand the crocs are even less agreeable. They used to have a gator in the pond in front of NASA KSC HQ to entertain the tourists.

Then there are the ones who want to look in your fridge....

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

Some of the gators have apparently been hired by the FSB and given advanced training:


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7DMjQJD7vM&t=26s

 

[MIflyer]

Must have been 20 years ago that I read where someone had built an alligator farm in the Rocky Mountains. Escapees typically froze to death fairly quickly.

 

[GreenKnight121]

Some of the gators have apparently been hired by the FSB and given advanced training:


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7DMjQJD7vM&t=26s

 

[Admiral Beez]

We have both alligators and crocodiles in FL.

And invasive Boas.

 

[MIflyer]

And invasive Boas.

And we are hoping the gators will eat them up, but most known engagements appear to be a draw.