U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Scott Rice and Dustin Frey, explosive ordnance disposal airmen deployed to the 966th Air Expeditionary Squadron at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, cuts detonation cord before performing a controlled detonation, March 15, 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 10:21 |
Photo ID: | 548217 |
VIRIN: | 120316-F-NH180-922 |
Resolution: | 3832x2496 |
Size: | 3.98 MB |
Location: | BAGRAM AIR FIELD, AF |
Web Views: | 148 |
Downloads: | 36 |
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