U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. David A. Fleming, explosive ordnance disposal technician with the 966th Air Expeditionary Squadron and Combined Joint Task Force Paladin, gets his team's truck ready before haeding to respond to multiple rocket attacks inside the wire at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, March 20, 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: | 03.20.2012 |
Date Posted: | 03.21.2012 14:44 |
Photo ID: | 546007 |
VIRIN: | 120320-F-NH180-185 |
Resolution: | 3748x2496 |
Size: | 2.11 MB |
Location: | BAGRAM AIR FIELD, AF |
Web Views: | 48 |
Downloads: | 6 |
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