Here comes the boom

A joint-coalition convoy departs Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, to dispose of excess military ordnance June 12, 2013. Romanian soldiers provided security for the mission while U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, Slovakian and Australian explosive ordnance disposal personnel conducted the controlled detonations, which was an example of the working partnerships between the allied countries. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration/Senior Airman Scott Saldukas)

Photo Details / Download Hi-Res
Coalition mission ends with bang

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Matthew Stark, 466th Air Expeditionary Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician, gives a mission brief to joint-coalition forces June 12, 2013, near Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, Slovakian and Australian EOD personnel participated in the joint mission to dispose of excess military ordnance. Stark, an Amherst, N.Y., native, is deployed from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Scott Saldukas)

Photo Details / Download Hi-Res
Coalition mission ends with bang

U.S. Air Force and Slovakian explosive ordnance disposal personnel unload a trailer and carefully place ordnance for a controlled detonation near Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, June 12, 2013. U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, Slovakian and Australian EOD personnel participated in a joint mission to dispose of excess military ordnance. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Scott Saldukas)

Photo Details / Download Hi-Res
Coalition mission ends with bang

U.S. Air Force and Slovakian explosive ordnance disposal personnel unload a trailer and carefully place ordnance for a controlled detonation near Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, June 12, 2013. U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, Slovakian and Australian EOD personnel participated in a joint mission to dispose of excess military ordnance. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Scott Saldukas)

Photo Details / Download Hi-Res
Coalition mission ends with bang

(Middle) U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Matthew Stark, 466th Air Expeditionary Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician and Amherst, N.Y., native, oversees the construction of a controlled detonation by joint-coalition forces June 12, 2013, near Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, Slovakian and Australian EOD personnel participated in a joint mission to dispose of excess military ordnance. Stark is deployed from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Scott Saldukas)

Photo Details / Download Hi-Res
Coalition mission ends with bang

A Slovakian explosive ordnance disposal soldier observes a controlled detonation location near Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, June 12, 2013. With Romanian soldiers providing security, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, Slovakian and Australian EOD personnel conducted a joint mission to dispose of excess military ordnance. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Scott Saldukas)

Photo Details / Download Hi-Res
Coalition mission ends with bang

Joint-coalition forces prepare multiple controlled detonations to dispose of excess military ordnance near Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, to June 12, 2013. U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, Slovakian and Australian explosive ordnance disposal personnel, along with Romanian soldiers providing security, participated in in the mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Scott Saldukas)

Photo Details / Download Hi-Res
Coalition mission ends with bang

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Lyle Flagg, 466th Air Expeditionary Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician and Livermore Falls, Maine, native, places excess military ordnance in preparation for a controlled detonation outside of Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan June 12, 2013. U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, Slovakian and Australian EOD personnel participated in a joint mission to dispose of excess military ordnance. Flagg is deployed from Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Scott Saldukas)

Photo Details / Download Hi-Res
Coalition mission ends with bang

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Kyle Miller, 466th Air Expeditionary Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician and Hampstead, Md., native, connects detonation cord to a controlled detonation outside of Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, June 12, 2013. U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, Slovakian and Australian EOD personnel participated in a joint mission to dispose of excess military ordnance. Miller is deployed from Barksdale Air Force Base, La. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Scott Saldukas)

Photo Details / Download Hi-Res
Coalition mission ends with bang

U.S. Air Force and Slovakian explosive ordnance disposal personnel unload a trailer and carefully place ordnance for a controlled detonation near Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, June 12, 2013. U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, Slovakian and Australian EOD personnel participated in a joint mission to dispose of excess military ordnance. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Scott Saldukas)

Photo Details / Download Hi-Res
Coalition mission ends with bang

U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force and Australian explosive ordnance disposal technicians unload munitions to prepare for a controlled detonation outside of Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, June 12, 2013. U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, Australian and Slovakian EOD personnel worked to dispose of excess military ordnance while Romanian soldiers provided security for the joint mission, an example of the working partnerships among the allied forces here. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Brian Maguire)

Photo Details / Download Hi-Res
Coalition mission ends with bang

A U.S. Army explosive ordnance disposal technician surveys the area after a controlled detonation outside of Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, June 12, 2013. Following the joint mission to dispose of excess military ordnance, U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, Australian and Slovakian EOD technicians examined the blast site to determine the total destruction of the munitions in the controlled detonation, or if additional clean up would be required, while Romanian soldiers provided security for the site. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Brian Maguire)

Photo Details / Download Hi-Res
Here comes the boom!

Smoke rises and controlled detonations go off during a joint-coalition mission near Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, June 12, 2013. Romanian soldiers provided security for the mission while U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, Slovakian and Australian explosive ordnance disposal personnel conducted the controlled detonations, which was an example of the working partnerships between the allied countries. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Scott Saldukas)

Photo Details / Download Hi-Res

Coalition mission ends with bang

Published June 27, 2013
By 451st Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs

KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- A joint-coalition explosive ordnance disposal mission took place June 12 near Kandahar Airfield when U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, Slovakian and Australian EOD personnel came together to dispose of excess military ordnance.

Romanian soldiers provided security for the mission while the other NATO partners conducted the controlled detonations, which was an example of the working partnerships between the allied countries.

View slideshow

Here comes the boom

Coalition mission ends with bang

Coalition mission ends with bang

Coalition mission ends with bang

Coalition mission ends with bang

Coalition mission ends with bang

Coalition mission ends with bang

Coalition mission ends with bang

Coalition mission ends with bang

Coalition mission ends with bang

Coalition mission ends with bang

Coalition mission ends with bang

Here comes the boom!