Air Force EOD

KIRKUK, Iraq – Thousands of people have died from improvised explosive devices in Iraq. But even one death from these attacks is one too many, and an explosive ordnance disposal team from Contingency Operating Site Warrior is trying to prevent that number from getting any bigger. The 321st Expeditionary Operation Support Squadron EOD team recently completed a [...]

ALI AIR BASE, Iraq (AFNS) – For most Airmen, creativity is highly encouraged. However, for explosive ordnance disposal technicians, thinking outside the box and the ability to forecast the enemy’s next move are absolute requirements. “We are fighting against guys who don’t have set tactics; they are ever evolving,” said Staff Sgt. Glenn Henthorn, the 407th EOD [...]

ALI BASE, Iraq (AFNS) – The eight Iraqi men drove up to the Ali Base main gate in two sparkling clean, white Ford F-350 trucks, replete with police badges emblazoned on the doors and light bars on the roofs . Waiting to meet them were three Airmen in a joint explosive ordanace disposal rapid response vehicle. The [...]

BAGHDAD, Iraq  – Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians assigned to the 447th EOD unit and the Iraqi Army 17th Bomb Disposal Company destroyed a stockpile of captured munitions and improvised explosive device components weighing close to 1,200 pounds at a range outside of Baghdad, Iraq, Nov. 24. The event was a combined effort between the two units [...]

JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq – The 332nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal flight participated in the first in-theater Air Force EOD Safety Day Nov. 13, 2009. “It’s important to have this safety day held here in-theater, since we’re already in the mindset of operating in the deployed environment,” said Master Sgt. William Sistler, 332nd EOD [...]

FORWARD OPERATING BASE CEDAR, Iraq – Iraqi Policemen from the city of Nasiriyah earned their EOD patches November 4, after completing training with Air Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians assigned to Task Force Troy, Forward Operating Base Cedar. The training, conducted by three Airmen, is part of a six week course offered to the Iraqi Police to [...]

SATHER AIR BASE, Iraq  – He’s only two months into his first deployment and things are already getting exciting for Airman 1st Class Derrick Torba. He’s assigned to the 447th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal Flight. On a recent mission, Torba and his teammates helped destroy one of the larger enemy weapons caches to [...]

Airmen detonated a C-130 that conducted an emergency landing in Iraq last month due to mechanical problems. “After a site evaluation, it was determined that dismantling by a series of controlled detonations would be the safest and most effective way to remove the remainder aircraft to a safe location,” said Col. David Pavey, 447th Air [...]

KIRKUK REGIONAL AIR BASE, Iraq  – When Secretary of Defense Les Aspin directed the Military Services to open more specialties and assignments to women in April of 1993, it opened a door that nine years later Angela Danene Olguin would walk through. Now, Staff Sgt. Olguin is an Explosive Ordnance Disposal journeyman with the 506th Air [...]