Coco Megan Mosley will have a special farewell party. As they say, a dog is man’s best friend. And after eight years of service with his owner, one special dog is hanging up his hat. It’s the farewell party of the century. Well, maybe in dog years. This dog is Tyson. Tyson is 10 years old. He’s been serving for eight years. You won’t get any belly rubs here at the airport. In fact, Tyson’s job is the exact opposite. In eight years, he’s seen it all. Tyson is a certified explosives detector. He’s been doing this job for nearly a decade. He can detect the majority of explosives, much better than any machine can. Tyson and his handler, Fred, have only been working at Will Rogers World Airport for a year, but their work stretches from coast to coast. I was on the dispatch team. He’s worked the Super Bowl. He’s worked the Indy 500. When someone walks by, if there’s an explosive on them or in their bag, this dog will react. If a person is moving and walking by a dog, the dog will follow and follow behind, and the owner will know what the dog is looking at. And now Tyson is going to take off his harness and actually get a belly rub. He’s going to go to the couch and eat chicken nuggets and get fat. He’s finished his eight-year career in this field. He’s ready. He said that in an interview on Friday. How does it feel after eight years?
Will Rogers World Airport gives special send-off to sniffer dog Tyson
He is a TSA-trained dog who can detect explosives by smell.
Updated: July 26, 2024 7:40pm CDT
A special day was celebrated at Will Rogers World Airport on Friday, as TSA detection dog Tyson is retiring. Click here to read the latest news article. Tyson has only been at the Oklahoma City airport for a year, but his eight years of service have spanned from coast to coast, keeping people safe across the country. Tyson and his handler, Fred Miller, have been together for eight years and trained together at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas. While the TSA works to keep travelers safe, the dogs that work for them, like Tyson, are specially trained to sniff out and detect explosives and other dangerous devices. “We’ve been on the dispatch team. He’s worked the Super Bowl. He’s worked the Indy 500. He’s worked at countless airports,” said Tyson’s handler, Fred Miller. “Anytime he needs help at other airports, like Las Vegas, or there’s a big event. I’ve been to Minneapolis, New Orleans, Austin, Houston. I don’t remember where he went.” To see Tyson off, TSA and airport officials tossed him a few tennis balls at a time for him to play with and presented him with a special cake. TOP STORIES Monday broke records for hottest day on Earth; Coast Guard searches for two Oklahomans who went missing while diving off Texas coast; Oklahoma dispensaries react to new medical marijuana restrictions; Oklahoma tribe wonders how to feed residents after food shipment delays; Arson paralyzes France’s high-speed rail network hours before Olympics start;
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Friday was a special day at Will Rogers World Airport as TSA sniffer dog Tyson headed for retirement.
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While Tyson has only been with the Oklahoma City airport for a year, his eight years of employment have spanned from coast to coast, helping to keep people safe across the country.
Tyson and his handler, Fred Miller, have lived together for eight years and trained together at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas. TSA dogs, like Tyson, are specially trained to sniff out and detect explosives and other dangerous items, while the agency works to keep travelers safe.
“We were on the dispatch team. He worked the Super Bowl. He worked the Indy 500. He worked countless airports,” Tyson’s handler, Fred Miller, said. “Whenever other airports needed help, like Las Vegas, or there was a big event. We went to Minneapolis, New Orleans, Austin, Houston. I can’t remember where he went.”
To see Tyson off, TSA and airport officials tossed him several tennis balls at a time for him to play with and presented him with a special cake.
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