(From left) Staff Sgt. Shawn Briggs, Senior Airman Aaron Haak and Tech. Sgt. Jordan Bishopp, an explosive ordnance disposal team, showcase equipment they use to perform their mission while at the Combat Battlefield Ready Airmen course at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla. The CoBRA course provides training to all deploying Air Force EOD personnel. (U.S. Air Force graphic/J. Luke Borland) (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Bennie Davis III)
6/28/2013 - FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. (AFNS) -- The July/August issue of Airman magazine is now available to download and viewable through a web browser.
In this issue, our cover story, titled "tick, tick, BOOM," tells the story of how explosive ordnance disposal technicians perform their dangerous mission to save lives and how their state-of-the-art robots make their dangerous jobs safer.
Also featured in this month's issue is the Air Force's 60 years of air superiority and an article about Tech. Sgt. Christofer Curtis, a flight engineer, who was severely injured when a CV-22 Osprey he was in crashed in Afghanistan on April 9, 2010. He sustained 17 broken bones that required more than 20 surgeries to repair. Despite the odds, Curtis has battled back and is resuming his flying career.
Read more stories from "Around the Air Force" and download the July/August issue of Airman magazine for your tablet here:
Airman magazine provides an interactive experience for tablet readers. For the first time since the roll-out of Airman magazine's tablet version, a limited interactive version is viewable in web browser format here:
