2000 - 12 OUTSTANDING AIRMAN

Master Sgt. Rocky D. Dunlap
Air Mobility Command
Explosive Ordnance Disposal Flight Chief
62nd Civil Engineer Squadron
McChord Air Force Base, Wash.
Born in Zanesville, Ohio

Master Sgt. Rocky D. Dunlap, 62nd Civil Engineer Squadron, McChord AFB, Wash. --Air Mobility Command. Cited as the Air Force's premier EOD expert, this chief of the explosive ordnance disposal flight is the one federal agencies ask for by name. He personally led a presidential support EOD detail and also provided EOD security for Vice President Gore. His performance so impressed the U.S. Secret Service, they assigned him to support a visit by the British Prime Minister. After a suspected terrorist was caught smuggling explosives into the United States from Canada, Dunlap identified the device for FBI and ATF agents and provided information on its ties to a known terrorist cell, enabling federal authorities to move quickly to disrupt a major terrorist plot against new year celebrations.

Airman First Class Ken Riley -- EOD In Harms Way

Airman First Class Ken Riley, an explosive ordnance disposal specialist, with the 436th Civil Engineering Squadron, Dover Air Force Base, Del., demonstrates how closely to harms way EOD personnel will go to keep others safe. He wears the highly mobile 70-pound explosion protection suit that is cooled with air, chilled by ice packs, and forced into the helmet. Riley also wears a cooling suit between the armored suit and himself. The mission of Dover's Explosive Ordnance Disposal Flight is to locate, identify, disarm, neutralize, recover and dispose of hazardous explosives, chemical, biological, incendiary and nuclear items. In 1999 the EOD flight was named outstanding EOD flight in Air Mobility Command and was awarded the Senior Master Sgt. Gerald J. Stryzak Award. (U.S. Air Force photo by Bill Plate)

Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team assembles MK6 Robot

Staff Sgt. Tom Bain connects plugs as Airman 1st Class Ken Riley and Staff Sgt. Larry Kimball change the firing arm of the MK6 robot 'Kermit'. The robot allows explosive ordnance disposal specialists of the 436th Civil Engineering Squadron, Dover Air Force Base, Del., to inspect, handle and carry out disarming or disposal procedures from a safer location. The mission of Dover's Explosive Ordnance Disposal Flight is to locate, identify, disarm, neutralize, recover and dispose of hazardous explosives, chemical, biological, incendiary and nuclear items. In 1999 the EOD flight was named outstanding EOD flight in Air Mobility Command and was awarded the Senior Master Sgt. Gerald J. Stryzak Award. (U.S. Air Force photo by Bill Plate)

Airman 1st Class Ken Riley Loads MK2 Robot Shotgun

Airman 1st Class Ken Riley, an explosive ordnance disposal specialist, with the 436th Civil Engineering Squdron, Dover Air Force Base, Del., loads ammunition into the shotgun of the MK2 Andros robot 'Ms. Piggy'. The robot allows the explosive ordnance disposal specialists to inspect, handle and carry out dearming or disposal procedures from a safer location. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Shane Sharp)

Medium close up, front view, individual from the 436th Civil Engineers Squadron, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Section, Dover Air Force Base Delaware, demonstrates a protective suit, January 8, 2000. (Released to Public)
Location: DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, DELAWARE (DE) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA)
DoD photo by: WILLIAM PLATE JR. Date Shot: 8 Jan 2000