Capt. Deanna Leyba and Senior Airman Erin Smith reconfigure the litter straps on a C-130 Hercules here to prepare the aircraft for a “bandage mission” to transport patients throughout Afghanistan on Dec. 18, 2012.

Capt. Deanna Leyba and Senior Airman Erin Smith reconfigure the litter straps on a C-130 Hercules here to prepare the aircraft for a “bandage mission” to transport patients throughout Afghanistan on Dec. 18, 2012. Leyba, a flight nurse, and Smith, a medical technician, are both members of the 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron deployed here from Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Jun Kim)

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News anchor Jeremy Hubbard and videographer Noah Skinner from Denver’s Fox 31, record a news segment at Forward Operating Base Shank in Logar Province, Afghanistan on Dec. 18, 2012.

News anchor Jeremy Hubbard and videographer Noah Skinner from Denver’s Fox 31, record a news segment at Forward Operating Base Shank in Logar Province, Afghanistan on Dec. 18, 2012. Hubbard is doing a special newscast on members of the 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Team deployed from the Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Jun Kim)

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Capt. Deanna Leyba directs the medical team’s movements on a C-130 Hercules as they reconfigure the airframe for an upcoming mission at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan on Dec. 18, 2012.

Capt. Deanna Leyba directs the medical team’s movements on a C-130 Hercules as they reconfigure the airframe for an upcoming mission at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan on Dec. 18, 2012. Leyba is a flight nurse assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, deployed here from Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Jun Kim)

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Senior Airman Erin Smith carries medical equipment to a waiting C-130 Hercules here in preparation for a bandage mission” to pick up patients throughout the area of responsibility on Dec. 18, 2012.

Senior Airman Erin Smith carries medical equipment to a waiting C-130 Hercules here in preparation for a bandage mission” to pick up patients throughout the area of responsibility on Dec. 18, 2012. Smith is a medical technician assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, deployed here from Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Jun Kim)

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Staff Sgt. Samantha Gonzalez inspects the straps that will secure litters on a C-130 Hercules here as the Aeromedical Evacuation and Critical Care Air Transport Teams pick up patients throughout the area of responsibility on Dec. 18, 2012.

Staff Sgt. Samantha Gonzalez inspects the straps that will secure litters on a C-130 Hercules here as the Aeromedical Evacuation and Critical Care Air Transport Teams pick up patients throughout the area of responsibility on Dec. 18, 2012. Gonzalez is a medical technician assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron deployed here from Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Jun Kim)

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Staff Sgt. Steve Rojas prepares a C-130 Hercules here in support of the Aeromedical Evacuation and Critical Care Air Transport Teams to pick up patients throughout the area of responsibility on Dec. 18, 2012.

Staff Sgt. Steve Rojas prepares a C-130 Hercules here in support of the Aeromedical Evacuation and Critical Care Air Transport Teams to pick up patients throughout the area of responsibility on Dec. 18, 2012. Rojas is a loadmaster assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Jun Kim)

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Bagram Bandage Mission

Published Dec. 20, 2012

Capt. Deanna Leyba and Senior Airman Erin Smith reconfigure the litter straps on a C-130 Hercules here to prepare the aircraft for a “bandage mission” to transport patients throughout Afghanistan on Dec. 18, 2012.

News anchor Jeremy Hubbard and videographer Noah Skinner from Denver’s Fox 31, record a news segment at Forward Operating Base Shank in Logar Province, Afghanistan on Dec. 18, 2012.

Capt. Deanna Leyba directs the medical team’s movements on a C-130 Hercules as they reconfigure the airframe for an upcoming mission at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan on Dec. 18, 2012.

Senior Airman Erin Smith carries medical equipment to a waiting C-130 Hercules here in preparation for a bandage mission” to pick up patients throughout the area of responsibility on Dec. 18, 2012.

Staff Sgt. Samantha Gonzalez inspects the straps that will secure litters on a C-130 Hercules here as the Aeromedical Evacuation and Critical Care Air Transport Teams pick up patients throughout the area of responsibility on Dec. 18, 2012.

Staff Sgt. Steve Rojas prepares a C-130 Hercules here in support of the Aeromedical Evacuation and Critical Care Air Transport Teams to pick up patients throughout the area of responsibility on Dec. 18, 2012.