Photo by Senior Airman Melany Bermudez | 18th Wing | 05.07.2025
U.S. Air Force explosive ordnance disposal technicians from the 18th Civil Engineer Squadron pick up simulated bomblets during a Rapid Explosive Hazard Mitigation training exercise on Kadena Air Base, Japan, May 7, 2025. EOD professionals assessed airfield damages demonstrating their ability to identify unexploded ordnance, evaluate structural integrity and coordinate safe clearance procedures......
Photo by Senior Airman Melany Bermudez | 18th Wing | 05.07.2025
A U.S. Air Force front end loader from the 18th Civil Engineer Squadron conducts Mass Mechanical Clearance sweeps on a simulated damaged airfield during a Rapid Explosive Hazard Mitigation training exercise at Kadena Air Base, Japan, May 7, 2025. The airfield damage assessment focused on thorough inspections by driving along the runways and taxiways, systematically scanning for signs of......
Photo by Senior Airman Melany Bermudez | 18th Wing | 05.07.2025
A U.S. Air Force front end loader assigned the 18th Civil Engineer Squadron conducts Mass Mechanical Clearance on a simulated damaged airfield during a Rapid Explosive Hazard Mitigation training exercise at Kadena Air Base, Japan, May 7, 2025. Readiness is essential to generating credible deterrence in an increasingly complex and highly demanding security environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by......
Photo by Senior Airman Melany Bermudez | 18th Wing | 05.07.2025
U.S. Air Force front end loaders assigned to the 18th Civil Engineer Squadron conduct mass mechanical clearance sweeps on a simulated damaged airfield during a Rapid Explosive Hazard Mitigation training exercise at Kadena Air Base, Japan, May 7, 2025. Explosive ordnance disposal technicians employed MMC, a subset of Rapid Airfield Damage Recovery, as a proactive training scenario designed to......
Photo by Airman 1st Class Yosselin Campos | 18th Wing | 07.02.2021
U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 18th and 35th Civil Engineer Squadrons perform an Expedient Multiple Unexploded Ordnance Disposal walk at Kadena Air Base, Japan, July 2, 2021. After the remote mass mechanical clearance had taken place, the EMUD team walked down a mock-airfield after a simulated attack to clear ordnance left behind by front-end loaders. Ideally, each EMUD team will have 20......
Photo by Airman 1st Class Yosselin Campos | 18th Wing | 07.02.2021
U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 18th and 35th Civil Engineer Squadron and a Japan Air Self-Defense Force member walk towards a building at Kadena Air Base, Japan, July 2, 2021. The Rapid Explosive Hazard Mitigation Enabler Forces Program is a five-day course designed to certify non-explosive ordnance disposal personnel to perform explosive operations to supplement response operations during......
Photo by Airman 1st Class Yosselin Campos | 18th Wing | 07.02.2021
U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 18th Civil Engineer Squadron use front-end loaders with concrete-filled buckets to mechanically clear a mock-airfield after a simulated attack at Kadena Air Base, Japan, July 2, 2021. Remote mass mechanical clearance refers to the use of heavy equipment to clear large swaths of ordnance quickly. The concrete-filled buckets on the front-end loaders are there to......
Photo by Airman 1st Class Yosselin Campos | 18th Wing | 07.02.2021
U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 18th and 35th Civil Engineer Squadrons receive an Expedient Multiple Unexploded Ordnance Disposal briefing at Kadena Air Base, Japan, July 2, 2021. Each EMUD team member, excluding the team leader, is equipped with time fuze setups that are placed around their necks prior to the start of the procedure. Team members will place the explosive setup next to ordnances......
