A stick of C-4 is mixed with unexploded ordnance before airmen with the 966th Air Expeditionary Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal team perform a controlled detonation at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, March 16, 2012. The EOD flight with the 966th AES is tasked to mitigate, render safe, and/or destroy any conventional or unconventional explosive threat as well as chemical, nuclear or biological hazards inside and outside the wire. Their operations can be performed 24-hours a day, seven days a week. Some of their responsibilities as EOD technicians include mitigating improvised explosive devices, post blast analysis and route clearing packages.
Date Taken: | 03.16.2012 |
Date Posted: | 03.26.2012 10:24 |
Photo ID: | 548213 |
VIRIN: | 120316-F-NH180-846 |
Resolution: | 3988x2526 |
Size: | 4.48 MB |
Location: | BAGRAM AIR FIELD, AF |
Web Views: | 83 |
Downloads: | 33 |
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