Air Force aircraft have hit birds more than 100,000 times since 1995, and it's cost the service nearly a billion dollars

US Air Force/Tech. Sgt. Chelsea E. Barber

• Since 1995, the Air Force has recorded more than 105,000 bird strikes that have caused more than $800 million in damage.
• Canadian geese are the biggest and most costly culprit, causing $93.8 million in damage between 1995 and 2016.
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Over the past 24 years, aircraft flown by the Air Force have sustained more than 100,000 bird strikes, according to data provided by the service.

And those 105,586 wildlife strikes since 1995 have inflicted a hefty toll. The Air Force has lost 13 aircraft due and recorded 27 deaths due to strikes in that period, according to Josh Aycock, spokesman for the Air Force Safety Center at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico.

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