CANNON AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AP) - A joint team of Air Force and Army specialists has safely transported World War II-era ordnance discovered near Hobbs to the Melrose Air Force Range.

The munitions turned up last week at the Western Heritage Museum in Hobbs.

State police technicians were called for an initial evaluation, then officials alerted the Air Force and Army military explosives experts.

Escorted by New Mexico State Police, the joint Air Force-Army team took the ordnance 125 miles to the bombing range near Cannon Air Force Base on Sunday.

Because of the munition's weathered condition, technicians never identified exactly what it was.

Technicians plan to destroy the ordnance this week.

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