A Fishnado! recently terrorized MacDill Air Force Base.
Last September, a Gulfstream GIV was struck by a 9-inch sheepshead during takeoff.
AP reports:
The crew of the Gulfstream GIV heard a thud and aborted takeoff, assuming they had hit the bird. The jet was not damaged, and none of the crew was injured.
Instead of bird remains on the runway, though, inspectors found the sheepshead, a silvery fish with black stripes on its sides.
The fish and DNA from the aircraft were sent to the Smithsonian Feather Identification Laboratory in Washington, D.C., for analysis. Researchers concluded that the jet did in fact strike the sheepshead during takeoff.