It’s a new morning and the 441st Air Expeditionary Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal team packs equipment into the mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicle. In just a few hours, they’ll conduct a controlled detonation.“Daesh owned this land two-and-a-half years ago,” said U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Bradley Taylor, 441st AES EOD team lead. “Instead of putting up fences, they used [improvised explosive devices] to stop individuals from coming into their controlled area. There are still IEDs out there. We know that, but we don’t know how much.”
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