U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Joshua Lail, an explosive ordnance disposal technician deployed from the 4th Civil Engineer Squadron, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., uses a control unit to maneuver a Talon robot holding a mortar tail boom, which stabilize and guide the ordnance through the air, during an operations check on the robot at Forward Operating Base Azizullah, Afghanistan, May 5. Lail performs an operations check on the Talon robot weekly to maintain proper functionality for future EOD response missions.