The 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron teams up with the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron to transport injured patients to Kandahar Airfield from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, May 05, 2016. If Service members must be moved from the battlefield to a medical facility outside of Afghanistan, the airmen assigned to the 455th EAES will be the link between them getting from the combat zone to higher-level medical care. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)

Staff Sgt. Marissa Pickraum, 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, checks a patients vital signs on a C-130J Super Hercules at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, May 05, 2016. Members of the 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacutation Squadron routinely move critically ill servicemembers after they’ve been stabilized or received damage-control surgery. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)

Members of the 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, put the medical stretcher straps together to be loaded onto the C-130J Super Hercules at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, May 05, 2016. If servicemembers must be moved from the battlefield to a medical facility outside of Afghanistan, the airmen assigned to the 455th EAES will be the link between them getting from the combat zone to higher-level medical care. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)

Members of the 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron seperate pieces of a medical stretcher to be loaded on a C-130J Super Hercules at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, May 05, 2016. The 455th EAES Airmen are on call and remain ready to transport patients at a moments notice on various Air Force aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)

Members of the 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, carry medical equipment on a C-130J Super Hercules at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, May 05, 2016. Members of the 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacutation Squadron routinely move critically ill service members after they’ve been stabilized or received damage-control surgery. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)

Members of the 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, carry medical equipment on a C-130J Super Hercules at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, May 05, 2016. Members of the 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacutation Squadron routinely move critically ill servicemembers after they’ve been stabilized or received damage-control surgery. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)

Members of the 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, carry medical equipment on a C-130J Super Hercules at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, May 05, 2016. If Service members must be moved from the battlefield to a medical facility outside of Afghanistan, the airmen assigned to the 455th EAES will be the link between them getting from the combat zone to higher-level medical care. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)

Chief Master Sgt. Randel White, 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, holds a ladder steady on a C-130J Super Hercules at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, May 05, 2016. The 455th EAES are on call and remain ready to transport patients at a moments notice. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)

Lt. Col. Karey Dufour, 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, ensures that clamps for medical stretchers are in place upon a C-130J Super Hercules at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, May 05, 2016. Members of the 455th EAES routinely move critically ill service members after they’ve been stabilized or received damage-control surgery. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)

Staff Sgt. Banita Hines, 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, conducts last minute preparations before takeoff aboard a C-130J Super Hercules at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, May 05, 2016. The 455th EAES Airmen are on call and remain ready to transport patients at a moments notice. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)

Capt. Robert Fiorillo, 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, listens in on the crew brief at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, May 05, 2016. The 455th EAES Airmen are on call and remain ready to transport patients at a moments notice. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)

Lt. Col. Karey Dufour, 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, ensures that the clamps for medical stretchers are in place on a C-130J Super Hercules at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, May 05, 2016. If Service members must be moved from the battlefield to a medical facility outside of Afghanistan, the airmen assigned to the 455th EAES will be the link between them getting from the combat zone to higher-level medical care. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)

The 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron teams up with the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron to transport injured patients to Kandahar Airfield from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, May 05, 2016. If service members must be moved from the battlefield to a medical facility outside of Afghanistan, the airmen assigned to the 455th EAES will be the link between them getting from the combat zone to higher-level medical care elsewhere.. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)

Capt. Michael Pieschel, 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, looks over his notes during the crew brief at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, May 05, 2016. Members of the 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacutation Squadron routinely move critically ill servicemembers after they’ve been stabilized or received damage-control surgery. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)