I've trained a lot of C-UAS EOC (Engagement Operations Crews) worldwide. Birds have always been something FAAD and camera operators had to be vigilant too. They often create false tracks from radars thus cluttering the operators FAAD screen, or creating an area that causes complacency. Kind of like mylar ballons.
In 2021 in Iraq we had two KAS-04s hit our base because of that complacency and lack of knowledge. There was an area to the northwest ~13km away that had a lot of bird activity. You always saw "false tracks" of birds flying around. One night two tracks seemed to have originated from that area and the FAAD operator, a very sharp SPC called "Attention in the TOC". The Battle Captain and NCO believed they were birds, the young solder said he did not think so because they had a larger Decible per Square Meter (dbsm) Radar Cross Section (RCS) than a bird. The Battle Captain and NCO failed to initiate the airspace deconfliction process.
They actually took a vote in the BDOC, Of 21 people only the SPC and I think one other guy thought they were real drones.
A few minutes later the camera on the PTIDS picked up the first incoming UAV. To late to spin up a Coyote, they did a battle pass to the Avengers. They could not get tone, then it was passed to the LPWS Phalanx. The first drone was hit ~0020 ~700m from me, the 2nd was hit a couple minutes later ~400m from me. I believe these were the first group 3 UAV kills by the LPWS.
I was standing outside the bunker at Camp Kittyhawk with our Red Team lead Bill Miller. I just left training the crew at midnight. That SPC was super sharp. He got a lot of kills while he was there. We refocused training that particular Battle Captain and NCO. Trust your operators, as long as they are trained well. A good FAAD operator is a valuable tool.
One of many reasons why I have taken C-UAS very seriously for years.
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