visibility Similar

code Related

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Sean McLaughlin, Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) SPECIALIST, wearing an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Bomb suit (EOD-8), performs an x-ray test using a SAIC RTR-4 Portable Digital X-Ray Imaging System on a simulated explosive during a training exercise. The EOD Flight's primary duty is to support Whiteman AFB, the B-2 Spirit bomber and weapon systems, local and surrounding area to include, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa and Illinois for any explosive disposal eventuality. The EOD team members train weekly to maintain their proficiencies for real world events

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Douglas Adams (left) and USAF SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Robert Brousseau, 509th Civil Engineering Squadron (CES), Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Flight, Whiteman Air Force Base (AFB), Missouri (MO), discuss the plan of action during an EOD training exercise at the base. USAF SRA Brousseau is acting as the EOD Team CHIEF while USAF TSGT Adams will evaluate the team's performance. The EOD Flight's primary duty is to support Whiteman AFB, the B-2 Spirit bomber and weapon systems, local and surrounding area to include, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa and Illinois for any explosive disposal eventuality. The EOD team members train weekly to maintain their...

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN 1ST Class (A1C) Tor Hvidsen (left), STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Pete Hendricks (right) and A1C Elizabeth Spradley, all from the 56th Civil Engineer Squadron (CES), and Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) flight members, line up unexploded bombs at Gila Bend Air Force Auxiliary Field, Arizona (AZ). EOD members spend two-week temporary duty rotations at the auxiliary field clearing bombing ranges ensuring safety and preservation of the environment

U.S. Air Force AIRMAN 1ST Class Isaiah Schaff, 354th Civil Engineer Squadron, 354th Fighter Wing, wearing Mission Oriented Protective Posture gear, radios information concerning an Unexploded Ordnance during the Operational Readiness Exercise Phase 2 at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, on Sept. 15, 2004.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by SENIOR AIRMAN Joshua Strang) (RELEASED)

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Jacob Campbell, Explosives Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technician, 49th Civil Engineering Squadron (CES) helps to secure a load of 82mm mortar rounds onto a transport truck. SSGT Campbell, and Airmen assigned to the 407th Explosives Ordnance Disposal Squadron (EODS) discovered 305 mortar rounds near a school, south of An Nasariyah, Iraq, during an unexploded ordnance sweep conducted in conjunction with US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Michael Andersen, left and STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Anthony Kuhn, from the 27th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), Cannon Air Force Base (AFB), New Mexico (NM), download a white phosphorus rocket from an F-16C Fighting Falcon during Air Warrior II, an Air Combat Command (ACC) exercise, at Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB), Louisiana (LA)

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN 1ST Class (A1C) Seth O. Gamblin, from the 18th Aircraft Maintenance Unit (AMXU), 354th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), 354th Maintenance Group (MXG), 354th Fighter Wing (FW), Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK), prepares a Cluster Bomb Unit (CBU) for loading onto an F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft from the 18th Fighter Squadron (FS) during a Load Crew of the Quarter Competition

As US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Corie Hudson (center left), raises a GBU-32 (2,000-pound) Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) into the bomb bay of a USAF B-2 Spirit with the MHU-83C/E Munitions Loading System, USAF Weapons Team Member #2, STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Robert Hall (left) and USAF Weapons Team CHIEF, SSGT Michael Copeland, prepare to secure it. All are with the 509th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), Whiteman Air Force Base (AFB), Missouri (MO). The bomber will fly half way around the earth for a combat sortie in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Joseph Tvrdy, SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Sean Wethington and STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Jason Carlson of the 8th Civil Engineering Squadron (CES) Fire Departmen (FD), respond to a simulated aircraft fire. The Fire Department (FD) Exercise Evaluation Team (EET) set up live fire training in support of a base wide Operational Readiness Exercise (ORE), titled Beverly High 0404

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Sean McLaughlin wearing the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Bomb suit (EOD-8), and USAF STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Michael Becker, 509th Civil Engineering Squadron (CES), Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Flight take a moment to describe different possibilities for operating and setting up the Real Time X-Ray (RTR-4) equipment, during a training session at Whiteman Air Force Base (AFB), Missouri (MO). The EOD Flight's primary duty is to support Whiteman AFB, the B-2 Spirit bomber and weapon systems, local and surrounding area to include, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa and Illinois for any explosive disposal eventuality. The EOD team members train weekly to...

description

Summary

The original finding aid described this photograph as:

[Complete] Scene Caption: US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Sean McLaughlin wearing the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Bomb suit (EOD-8), and USAF STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Michael Becker, 509th Civil Engineering Squadron (CES), Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Flight take a moment to describe different possibilities for operating and setting up the Real Time X-Ray (RTR-4) equipment, during a training session at Whiteman Air Force Base (AFB), Missouri (MO). The EOD Flight's primary duty is to support Whiteman AFB, the B-2 Spirit bomber and weapon systems, local and surrounding area to include, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa and Illinois for any explosive disposal eventuality. The EOD team members train weekly to maintain their proficiencies for real world events.

Base: Whiteman Air Force Base

State: Missouri (MO)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Mat Nisotis, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

label_outline

Tags

air force usaf airman airman first class sean mclaughlin sean mclaughlin explosive ordnance disposal explosive ordnance disposal suit eod sergeant usaf staff sergeant ssgt michael becker michael becker civil ces flight moment possibilities x ray real time x ray rtr equipment session whiteman whiteman air force base afb missouri eod flight duty support whiteman afb spirit bomber spirit bomber weapon systems weapon systems kansas iowa illinois eventuality team members train eod team members train military operations staff sergeant civil engineering real time first class us air force air force base b 2 spirit bomber technical sergeant high resolution a 1 c eod 8 rtr 4 us national archives
date_range

Date

16/06/2004
place

Location

create

Source

The U.S. National Archives
link

Link

https://catalog.archives.gov/
copyright

Copyright info

No known copyright restrictions

label_outline Explore Possibilities, Rtr 4, Eod Flight

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Steve McElwain, left and SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Jason Capehart place the landing door edge covers on the landing gear doors of their B-2 Spirit bomber, "The Spirit of Pennsylvania," at Nellis Air Force Base (AFB), Nevada (NV). B-2 bombers often particapate in Red Flag exercises on the Nellis air ranges

Boom Operators point of view showing a US Air Force (USAF) B-2 Spirit aircraft approaching the refueling boom of a Alaskan Air National Guard KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft while conducting refueling operations during Exercise NORTHERN EDGE 02. Northern Edge '02 is an annual joint training exercise held in Alaska designed to exercise joint operations techniques, procedures and enhance interoperability among the services

(From left) The SmartRayVision X1012 and the Science

Sergeant (SGT) Sean Sheridan, USMC, (right), waiting with MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Richard Benner, USAF, 162nd Fighter Wing (FW), in an assault boat to take pilots to the helicopter extraction point during Water Survival Training. The training conducted for 162nd FW pilots during the July "Unit Training Assembly" at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado in San Diego, California

STS053-11-036 - STS-053 - Crewmembers with the HERCULES photographic system

Staff Sgt. Andrew Vitale, 436th Civil Engineer Squadron

McLaughlin, Ealsy - State: North Carolina - Year: 1865

Navy corpsmen perform immediate trauma training here

U.S. Army Soldiers representing Team Falcon, Forward Operating Base (FOB) Falcon, and Team Prosperity and the International Zone, FOB Prosperity, play flag football on Feb. 3, 2007, at FOB Prosperity, Baghdad Province, Iraq, during the Baghdad Bowl. (U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Sean A. Foley) (Released)

An observer from the Fire Department looks on as US Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) personnel dressed in hazardous material handling suits set up an x-ray device inside the cargo compartment of a C-130 Hercules aircraft, during the force protection exercise, and Hazardous Material (HAZMAT) training conducted at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin

US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) Donald Nesbitt (left), 325th Bomb Squadron B-2 Bomber Pilot, from Whiteman Air Force Base (AFB), Missouri (MO), is interviewed by Mr. Jon Anderson (right), a radio host with News Talk Radio K57, Guam, while he is TDY to Andersen AFB, Guam (GU), participating in Exercise CORONET BUGLE 49, which is part of Air Combat Commands (ACC) ongoing Global Power mission

International Leaders conduct a joint press briefing following a one-day emergency summit meeting at Lajes Field, Azores, to discuss the possibilities of war in Iraq. Pictures left-to-right are British Prime Minister Tony Blair, US President George W. Bush and Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar, and Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Manuel Durao Barroso

Topics

air force usaf airman airman first class sean mclaughlin sean mclaughlin explosive ordnance disposal explosive ordnance disposal suit eod sergeant usaf staff sergeant ssgt michael becker michael becker civil ces flight moment possibilities x ray real time x ray rtr equipment session whiteman whiteman air force base afb missouri eod flight duty support whiteman afb spirit bomber spirit bomber weapon systems weapon systems kansas iowa illinois eventuality team members train eod team members train military operations staff sergeant civil engineering real time first class us air force air force base b 2 spirit bomber technical sergeant high resolution a 1 c eod 8 rtr 4 us national archives