Air Force EOD

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan – It’s midnight at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan and the team leader for the Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight is running from door to door in his PT gear yelling “get up, it’s go time!” Warnings are coming over the giant voice system outside, exclaiming “incoming, incoming, incoming.” Two rockets have been fired onto the [...]

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – Airmen of the 966th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Flight, Operating Location-Bravo, assist in the transition of their mission in Afghanistan to the Afghan National Army as the only U.S. Air Force partnership training team in Regional Command South. The EOD technicians train, mentor and subsequently validate ANA soldiers through a number of practice and real-world operations [...]

MAIN OPERATING BASE LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan — Airman 1st Class Seth Reinhart, an Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician from the 466th EOD Flight, Operating Location-Delta, trains for a mission using a computer that controls a robot which can be used by an EOD team to get close to suspected Improvised Explosive Devices while they stay protected in [...]

FOWARD OPERATING BASE MASUM GHAR, Afghanistan – There are no Hollywood actors, flashing lights or movie scripts for the explosive ordnance disposal technicians at Combat Outpost Talukan, in southern Afghanistan. Each time they receive a call, it’s the real deal. The only way to be prepared for that call is to train for anything and everything, said [...]

TAHLEQUAH — After spending seven months in an area known as the Horn of Panjwaii, west of Kandahar in Afghanistan, Airman Mark Stafford was welcomed home Wednesday night by family and friends. Stafford, an explosive ordinance disposal technician in the U.S. Air Force, is back home in Cherokee County for three weeks. Then, he’ll return [...]