Lowering the 'boom'

Airmen with the 332nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordinance Disposal teams and the 332nd Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, as well as observers and contractors, help unpack expired ammunition and explosives. The destruction of these items by controlled detonation will save the government thousands of dollars that otherwise would be spent shipping the munitions to the United States. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Erik Gudmundson)

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Lowering the 'boom'

Staff Sgt. Kevin Krantz pulls out M-112 demolition charges to destroy expired munitions in a controlled detonation at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Oct. 2. Krantz, a biomedical equipment craftsman with the 332nd Expeditionary Medical Support Squadron, was an observer during the operation. He is deployed from the 59th Medical Group at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, and his hometown is Clemons, Mich. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Erik Gudmundson)

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Controlled detonations send clouds of dust into the air at Joint Base, Balad, Oct. 2. Airmen with the 332nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron's Explosive Ordnance Disposal teams conducted the controlled detonation to save thousands of dollars that would otherwise be needed to ship unusable ordnance back to the United States. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Erik Gudmundson)

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Senior Airman Craig Zehrbach, Staff Sgt. Mesa Anderson, and Tech. Sgt. Jason Mellor place C-4 explosives on a cache of ordnance at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Oct. 8. The 332nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal team periodically detonates unserviceable munitions that take up space in storage facilities. Zehrbach, an EOD journeyman, is deployed from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. His hometown is Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Anderson, an EOD technician, is deployed from Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. Her hometown is Montrose, Calif. Mellor, an EOD technician, is deployed from Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga. His hometown is Bethel Park, Pa. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jason Epley)

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Lowering the 'boom'

Published Oct. 14, 2008