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US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Amber East (left), and USAF STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) David Baker, both Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technicians attached to the US Air Force (USAF) 451st Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), attach blasting cap into blocks of C4 plastic explosives in preparation for a disposal detonation for stacks of 2.75 rocket warheads, on the Range at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) David A. Gerig, Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technician, 451st Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), checks the NX22, a device used to detonate explosives, in preparation for a disposal detonation for stacks of 2.75 rocket warheads, on the Range at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

A stack of 2.75 rocket warheads, laced with 7.62mm ammunition rounds blocks of C4 plastic explosives in preparation for a disposal detonation, conducted by Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technicians attached to the US Air Force (USAF) 451st Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), on the Range at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Brian Hettman, with the 56th Civil Engineer Squadron (CES), an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) apprentice, picks up unexploded bombs from a gathering point 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

US Air Force (USAF) Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technicians assigned to the 31st Civil Engineering Squadron (CES) help a fellow AIRMAN with his EOD 7B bomb suit during a training mission conducted in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Pictured left to right is USAF AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Aaron Causey, A1C Jose Vazquez, and SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Philip Myers

Dutch Army Warrant Officer (W01) Bart Van Empel, an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technician attached to the US Air Force (USAF) 451st Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), uses blocks of C4 plastic explosives in preparation for a disposal detonation for stacks of 2.75 rocket warheads, on the Range at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Dutch Army Warrant Officer (W01) Bart Van Empel, an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technician attached to the US Air Force (USAF) 451st Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), uses blocks of C4 plastic explosives in preparation for a disposal detonation for stacks of 2.75 rocket warheads, on the Range at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

U.S. Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN James Fitzgerald (foreground) laces C-4 plastic explosives to a rocket motor inside at disposal pit while MASTER SGT. Kevin Johnson (back) marshals STAFF SGT. Brandon Koebbe while he operates a forklift during disposal of munitions outside Kirkuk Air Base, Iraq, on April 2, 2005. The Airmen are all explosives ordnance disposal technicians from the 506th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Matthew Lohr) (Released)

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Chris King, USAF EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) team, 332d Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW), Balad Air Base (AB), Iraq, and a USAF SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) move some 82 mm mortars to a safer place for demolition with C4 plastic explosives during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Santiago Lampon, Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technician, 451st Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), attach blasting caps into blocks of C4 plastic explosives in preparation for a disposal detonation for stacks of 2.75 rocket warheads, on the Range at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

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Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM

Base: Kandahar Army Air Field

Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Scene Camera Operator: SGT Andre' Reynolds, USA

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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