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Airmen blast throug

‘explosive’ trainin
Staff Sgt. Steven
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Siuta B. Ika U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Mikaley Towle Chalupnik, 820th U.S. Air Force
RED HORSE
Two Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron special capabilities Three 40-pou
Engineers (RED HORSE) Airmen from RED HORSE units around the Air instructor, utilizes detonation d
Force prepare detonation cord to be wrapped around a telephone a rock drill to drill training at the
pole during explosive demolition training at the 820th RED HORSE bore holes into a demolition ra
explosive demolition range on Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., June 9. mountain during Nev., June 9.
The purpose of wrapping the pole is to cause an Abatis shot, which explosive demolition cause pavem
is used to leave obstacles to block routes of travel or egress. training at the 820th and to move la
RED HORSE quarry
on Nellis Air Force
Base, Nev., June 9.
The holes Chalupnik
are drilling will
be loaded with
explosives and
blasted, so the
mountain rubble
can be turned
into construction
material.

U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Siuta B. Ika U.S. Air Force

Senior Airmen Ryan Edgar and James Wright, both 560th RED HORSE Explosives detonate during explosive demolition training at the 820th RED HORSE explosive demolition range on Nel
heavy equipment operator journeymen, Charleston Air Force Base,
S.C., tie a knot in a detonating cord during explosive demolition
training at the 820th RED HORSE explosive demolition range on
Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., June 9. The purpose of tying the knot is
to connect one lead of detonating cord to another, which ultimately
connects the explosives to their detonators.