The Pentagon confirmed today that an improvised explosive device killed MSgt. Brad A. Clemmons, 37, of Chillicothe, Ohio, on Aug. 21 when the vehicle in which Clemmons was riding struck the IED. Clemmons, who was an explosive ordnance disposal craftsman with the 354th Civil Engineering Squadron at Eielson AFB, Alaska, was traveling in a convoy to Taji, Iraq.
The Air Force has made progress integrating its own kill webs and figuring out how to break the enemy's, but its partnership with industry on the issue has been hampered by programmatic silos and classification issues, executives from three of the biggest U.S. defense contractors said this month.