U.S. Air Force Maj. Jonathan Freeman (left), 455th EAES medical crew director and flight nurse deployed from the North Carolina Air National Guard’s 156th Air Expeditionary Squadron, and U.S. Air Force Capt. Derek Martindale (right), 455th EAES flight nurse deployed from the Air Force Reserve’s 315th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, review checklists prior to an AE mission on a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft on the flight line at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Aug. 8, 2015. The 455th EAES Airmen are charged with the responsibility of evacuating the sick and wounded from Central Command to higher echelons of medical care. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Tony Wickman/Released)