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EOD Airmen bring innovation to a changing battlespace
October 31, 2023 — Airmen with the 87th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit partnered with the Innovation Lab here to streamline the process of making more realistic training ordnance... MORE

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Christopher Tolley, explosive ordnance disposal technician from the 87th Civil Engineer Squadron, stands in front of an EOD workshop on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Oct. 10, 2023. The 87th CES/EOD implemented 3D printed training ordnance to rapidly adapt to new threats entering the battle space and more accurately simulate activation feedback from the device.

EOD Flights train at JB MDL for Cerulean Raptor FTX
July 31, 2019 — The 87th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight recently wrapped up their annual Cerulean Raptor Field Training Exercise (FTX), July 12, 2019 at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. This year, the 87th CES EOD flight’s week-long exercise hosted flights from the 177th CES EOD out of New Jersey Air National Guard, the 166th CES EOD flight from Delaware Air National Guard, the 436th CES EOD flight from Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, the 633rd CES EOD flight out of Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia and a team from NATO partner, Albania. ... MORE

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Russell Bongiovanni, 177th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician from the New Jersey Air National Guard, detonates an Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) during the Cerulean Raptor field training exercise, July 10, 2019 at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. AJ Hyatt)