PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – The 21st Space Wing family suffered a tragic loss last week after receiving news that Airman 1st Class Matthew R. Seidler, 21st Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance technician, was killed in Afghanistan Jan. 5 by an improvised explosive device. “Our deepest sympathies go out to his family in this time of […]
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90th Missile Wing loses one of our own
F. E. WARREN AIR FORCE BASE, Wyo. – Tech. Sgt. Matthew Schwartz, 90th Missile Wing Civil Engineer Squadron, was killed in action Jan.5 in Shir ghazi, Helmand province, Afghanistan, when the vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device. “We all mourn the loss of Sergeant Schwartz,” said Col. Christopher Coffelt, 90th Missile Wing commander. “Our sincerest […]
Barksdale EOD Airman killed in Afghanistan
BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. – An Airman from the 2nd Civil Engineer Squadron here was killed Jan. 5 while deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Senior Airman Bryan Bell, a member of 2 CES Explosive Ordnance Disposal, died following an improvised explosive device attack in Shir ghazi, Helmand province, Afghanistan, according to a Department […]
21st CES Airmen killed in Afghanistan
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – Airman 1st Class Matthew R. Seidler died Jan. 5 from injuries suffered from an improvised explosive device attack in southern Afghanistan. Seidler, an explosive ordnance disposal technician with the 21st Civil Engineer Squadron here, was deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. “This is a tragic day for Team Pete, the […]
A soldier’s story
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael Danylec was just returning to his base in Kandahar, Afghanistan when he got the call. Troops in the field had determined there was an improvised explosive device, or IED, in a culvert underneath a main supply route. They needed a bomb squad before they could continue; that’s where Danylec, […]
Air Force Team Trains Afghans on EOD Operations
HELMAND, Afghanistan September 10, 2011)- Over the past month, an Air Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal team has been training members of an Afghan National Army EOD team on the most current methods to defeat improvised explosive devices. Members of the 466th Air Expeditionary Squadron EOD charlie flight will soon conclude a several-week-long training program that […]
Colorado airman receives Purple Heart
As Air Force Staff Sgt. Mark Badger and his team walked the streets of southern Afghanistan in search of improvised bombs last October, one went off just feet from him. His first instinct was to ignore his concussion and let adrenaline take over to make sure the rest of the soldiers were safe. It was […]
Airmen in the Hurt Locker
Air Force EOD technicians are saving US, Iraqi, and Afghan lives—but at enormous costs to themselves. Improvised explosive devices are the enemy’s weapon of choice in Iraq and Afghanistan. To combat the deadly threat posed by IEDs, the Air Force’s explosive ordnance disposal career field has been thrust into an unexpectedly central role in today’s […]
EOD Airman wins NCO of the Year award Airman raises money in spare time for EOD nonprofit
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – For most Americans, the Academy Award winning movie “The Hurt Locker” was just that — a movie. But for Staff Sgt. Mark Walker, it’s his life. Sergeant Walker, an explosive ordnance disposal craftsman with the 627th Civil Engineer Squadron EOD Flight, spent part of 2010 diffusing bombs and improvised explosive devicess in […]
Seymour Johnson EOD flight responds during bomb scare
SEYMOUR JOHNSON AIR FORCE BASE, N.C. – Members of the 4th Fighter Wing Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight have gotten used to responding to Improvised Explosive Device threats in Iraq and Afghanistan — clearing dangerous stretches for Allied troops and civilians alike. So when news reached Seymour Johnson Air Force Base Monday afternoon that a pipe bomb was […]
Nellis remembers fallen EOD technician
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. – For more than 200 years individuals have volunteered to serve in the U.S. military; since 2001 more than 4,000 servicemembers have lost their lives, in service to their country. These members took an oath to protect the ideals and freedoms allotted to citizens by the Constitution of the United States and […]
EOD Airman receives third Bronze Star Medal
TIKRIT, Iraq — Master Sgt. Van Hood stands in the middle of a crater created by an improvised explosive device near Tikrit, Iraq. Since beginning his Air Force career in 1994, Sergeant Hood has deployed seven times and earned three Bronze Star Medals. Sergeant Hood, 4th Civil Engineer Squadron EOD NCOIC of operations, plans and […]
Fallen EOD Airman remembered
AVIANO AIR BASE, Italy – A final shot was detonated Feb.1 at the end of a memorial service here to honor a fallen Airman. Tech. Sgt. Adam K. Ginett died Jan. 19 near Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered from an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 31st Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance […]
Airman from Melrose killed in Afghanistan
A Melrose native was one of three U.S. troops killed Saturday during an ambush in western Afghanistan when their unit was attacked with bombs, guns and grenades. Air Force Staff Sgt. Bryan Berky, a graduate of Bradford High School in Starke, was an explosives ordnance disposal technician, tasked with disarming improvised explosive devices. […]
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