Senior Airman Michael Burdge and Staff Sgt. Bruce Dooley, 8th Maintenance Squadron, inspects tail assemblies from the MK-82, a 500 pound free fall, general- purpose bomb, Sept. 22 at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea. The Airmen are disassembling the MK-82 to preserve service life of the components for future use. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jonathan Steffen)

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Airman 1st Class Robert Locke, Airman 1st Class Christopher Lewis and Senior Airman Michael Burdge, 8th Maintenance Squadron, disassembles various parts from a MK-82, a 500 pound free fall, general- purpose bomb, Sept. 22. The MK-82 is being disassembled to preserve service life of the components for future use. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jonathan Steffen)

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Staff Sgt. Bruce Dooley and Senior Airman Michael Burdge, 8th Maintenance Squadron, inspects the nose fuse of a MK-82, a 500 pound free fall, general- purpose bomb, Sept. 22. The MK-82 is being disassembled to preserve service life of the components for future use. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jonathan Steffen)

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Tech. Sgt. Kevin Wojcik, 8th Maintenance Squadron, places a nose fuse from a MK-82, a 500 pound free fall, general- purpose bomb, in styrofoam for storage Sept. 22. The MK-82 is being disassembled to preserve service life of the components for future use. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jonathan Steffen)

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Senior Airman Michael Burdge, Airman 1st Class Robert Locke, and Airman 1st Class Christopher Lewis, 8th Maintenance Squadron, disassembles a MK-82, a 500 pound free fall, general- purpose bomb, Sept. 22. The Airmen are disassembling the MK-82 to preserve service life of the components for future use. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jonathan Steffen)

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Airman 1st Class Robert Locke, Airman 1st Class Christopher Lewis and Senior Airman Michael Burdge, 8th Maintenance Squadron, prepare to hoist a MK-82, a 500 pound free fall, general- purpose bomb, to be put in storage Sept. 22. The MK-82 is being disassembled to preserve service life of the components for future use. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jonathan Steffen)

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Ammo breaks down bombs

Published Sept. 22, 2009