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BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Staff Sgt. Travis Tarr, 332nd Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron, works on a Joint Direct Attack Monition here. The GBU-38 JDAM is used with the F-16 Fighting Falcon and is designed to explode above ground. Sergeant Tarr is currently deployed from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joshua Garcia)
BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Staff Sgt. Travis Tarr, 332nd Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron, connects a proximity sensor during the build of a Joint Direct Attack Monition here. The proximity sensor allows the bomb to explode prior to coming in contact with the ground. Sergeant Tarr is currently deployed from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joshua Garcia)