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  • Airman 1st Class Braiden Bray, 4th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal technician sets up a remote move on a dud-fired hand grenade during field training exercise Operation Guillotine at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, July 27, 2021.

    4th CES EOD flight hosts multi-base FTX

    Explosive Ordnance Disposal members from the 4th Civil Engineer Squadron at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina hosted and participated in field training exercise Operation Guillotine along with EOD members from Shaw AFB, South Carolina and Andrews AFB, Maryland, July 26 – July 30, 2021. The FTX focused on dismounted, outside the continental United States improvised explosive device operations.
  • U.S. Air Force Explosives Ordinance Disposal Airmen participate in a simulated unexploded ordnance evaluation training during Operation Llama Fury 3.0 at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., Aug. 9, 2017. Seven different bases from three different Air Force major commands, as well as the Norfolk, Va., bomb squad, attended the five-day training which honed in on techniques that are evaluated on a monthly and yearly basis to maintain skill levels (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Brittany E. N. Murphy)

    Air Force EOD trains to increase readiness

    Explosives Ordinance Disposal technicians from around the U.S. Air Force participated in Operation Llama Fury 3.0, an EOD-specific exercise, Aug. 7-11, 2017, at Joint Base Langley-Eustis.
  • A PACBOT bomb disposal robot removes an improvised explosive device from a transformer during exercise “Vigilant Walrus” at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, March 21, 2017. During the exercise, Airmen with the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal Flight were forced to work at night without the use of white light. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration by Senior Airman Miles Wilson)

    Playing with fire; EOD technicians temper response skills

    Most of the crew is asleep, but for a few members. Outside, the sun is peaking over the horizon, sending long shadows across the terrain and buildings. Suddenly a loud banging from the door echoes through the hallway, breaking the silence and waking up the crew. The banging continues, and an Airman opens the door to discover a panic-stricken Airman holding onto her uniform blouse, wires protruding from various pockets and a loud ticking noise coming from her back. Immediately the Airman who opened the door recognizes the threat: a hostage outfitted with a bomb vest.
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