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AIRMEN COMBAT EXPLOSIVE THREATS IN AFGHANISTAN
December 11, 2008
KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, Dec. 11 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following press release:

By Staff Sgt. Rachel Martinez
455th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs

The phone rings. A three-man team grabs their prepacked gear and jumps in a truck or a waiting helicopter. These Airmen don't always know where they are going, how long they will be gone, or exactly what they will encounter - all they know is there is an explosive device somewhere and . . .

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