Explosion injures 2 Airmen

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Two Airmen were injured in a landmine explosion Aug. 2 about 12:30 p.m. at an off-base location near Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan.

The Airmen were transported to the Craig Joint Theater Hospital here. The Airmen are assigned to the 755th Air Expeditionary Group, which reports to the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing here.

The incident is currently under investigation. Additional details will be provided as they become available.

The 455th Air Expeditionary Wing comprises approximately 5,000 Airmen providing air mobility, electronic attack, close-air support, aeromedical evacuation, combat search and rescue as well as humanitarian missions in support of the International Security Assistance Force and Operation Enduring Freedom.