"Special Agent Balmer will be truly missed and his sacrifice and service to our nation will not be forgotten.”  — Scott Chambers, 75th Air Base Wing commander Balmer, 33, a resident of Roy, was one of two airmen killed when the convoy in which he was riding was struck by an improvised explosive device. The Air Force technical sergeant, originally of Mishawaka, Indiana, was a member of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations.