Vancouver native deploys as EOD, defuses bombs, denies terrorist victory [Image 2 of 2]

BAGRAM AIR FIELD, AFGHANISTAN

03.18.2012

Photo by Staff Sgt. Sara Keller 

United States Air Forces Central     

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. David Fleming calls back to his leadership as Tech. Sgt. Daniel K. Robinson waits for feedback during a call they responded to outside the wire that an unexploded ordnance was found at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, March 19, 2012. Fleming and Robinson are both explosive ordnance disposal technicians with the 966th Air Expeditionary Squadron and Combined Joint Task Force Paladin. 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: 03.18.2012
• Date Posted: 03.21.2012 14:41
• Photo ID: 546009
• VIRIN: 120320-F-NH180-024
• Resolution: 3810x2490
• Size: 3.9 MB
• Location: BAGRAM AIR FIELD, AF