U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Monika Neal, 18th Operations Support Squadron airfield management operations coordinator, loads a shotgun with a pyrotechnic round to scare off a flock of birds on the runway Nov. 16, 2016, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The pyrotechnic round is like a small firecracker, it only makes a noise to scare the birds away from passing aircraft and doesn’t harm them. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Corey M. Pettis/Released)