Oregon Air National Guard Explosive Ordnance Unit Donates Bomb Robot to Oregon Military Museum

From left to right: Master Sgt Jeffrey Sadler, Tracy Thoennes, Tech. Sgt Jason Ganner, and Senior Master Sgt. 'Trey' Mendell Holley, of the 142nd Civil Engineering Squadron/Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit. Photo by Tech. Sgt. John Hughel, 142nd Fighter Wing Public Affairs.

(Clackamas,ORE.) — Airmen from the 142nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit, Oregon Air National Guard, presented a decommissioned Remote Ordnance Neutralization System (RONS) robot to the Oregon Military Museum at Camp Withycombe in Clackamas, Oregon, Feb. 6.

The RONS robot was used by the Oregon Air National Guard's 142nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit between June 2002 and June 2013. After months of efforts by the Oregon Military Museum, the robot has been declared historical property and is now part of our loans from the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.

The robot will likely be incorporated into an exhibit of inert ordnance collected by the museum over the years, said Tracy Thoennes, Oregon Military Museum Curator.