Photo By Senior Airman BrieAnna Stillman | U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Benjamin Leonard, 20th Civil Engineering Squadron (CES)...... read more read more
Subscribe
As the wind steadily blew and the branches rustled, Airmen assigned to Shaw Air Force Base, S.C. prepared for a “fire in the hole!” Boom! Sound filled the air, a shock wave pierced through their chests and a black cloud rose in the distance in a matter of seconds.
The 20th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordinance disposal Airmen got rid of unexploded ordinance in Conway, S.C., April 4.
While building a new apartment complex over a now-defunctional bombing range once used by deactivated Myrtle Beach AFB during World War II, construction workers found eight possible explosive hazards and four plaster-filled explosives.
“We take care of anything from hand grenades up to a nuclear weapon,” said Staff Sgt. Victor Martinez, 20th Civil Engineer Squadron EOD journeyman.
EOD Airmen used 16 blocks of C4 to crack open and recycle all of the ordinance. C4 is an explosive material used to break down things such as UXOs. This ensures all hazardous ordinance are neutralized and any plaster-filled ordinance are safe and unhazardous.
Airman assigned to EOD have gone out on multiple calls to take care of any UXOs found on the construction site.
EOD personnel perform operations to protect personnel, resources, and the environment from the effects of hazardous explosive ordnance and improvised explosive devices.
| Date Taken: | 04.10.2018 |
| Date Posted: | 04.10.2018 15:29 |
| Story ID: | 272508 |
| Location: | SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, SC, US |
| Web Views: | 102 |
| Downloads: | 1 |
This work, Fire in the hole!, by SrA BrieAnna Stillman, identified by DVIDS, must comply with the restrictions shown on https://www.dvidshub.net/about/copyright.
No keywords found.
LEAVE A COMMENT