Baghdad boom
Staff Sgt. Andrew Smith commands a detonation of explosives on a range adjacent to Baghdad International Airport, Iraq, on Aug. 18. The Air Force explosive ordnance disposal unit at the airport is responsible for a 500-square mile area around Baghdad as part of a joint task force. Sergeant Smith is an EOD technician deployed to the 447th Air Expeditionary Group from Ramstein Air Base, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bryan Bouchard)