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3-2-1 Detonate

ALI BASE, Iraq -- Senior Airman Noah Cheney, explosive ordnance disposal team member, places unserviceable hand grenades on a disposal site along with other munitions for a controlled detonation here May 27. The team destroyed approximately 500 pounds of hazardous ordnance collected by various coalition forces on Contingency Operating Base Adder and Ali Base. Airman Cheney is deployed to the 407th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron from Mountain Home AFB, Idaho. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Sabrina Johnson)

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3-2-1 Detonate

ALI BASE, Iraq -- Airmen of the 407th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal team, destroyed approximately 500 pounds of munitions collected by various coalition forces here May 27. The Explosive Ordnance Disposal Airmen are responsible for all munition disposal actions on Contingency Operating Base Adder and Ali Base. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Sabrina Johnson)

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3-2-1 detonate

Published May 28, 2008