US airman killed in Iraq blast

US airman died

The U.S. military on Thursday said an American airman has died and a soldier was hurt in a controlled detonation in a U.S. military base in Iraq. The military stated the detonation took place Wednesday morning in the Joint Base Balad, north of Baghdad.

It added in a statement that the airman was pronounced dead at the scene of the blast and the injured soldier was rushed into the Air Force hospital on the base.