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Air Force Reserve Command

Digital rendering of Art piece Doolittle Raid Poster which links to full version. — ART AT A GLANCE: Doolittle Raid

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Digital rendering of Art piece The Grand Rescue which links to full version. — ART AT A GLANCE: The Grand Rescue

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Digital rendering of Art piece A Legacy of Airmen Innovation in Space Operations which links to full version. — ART AT A GLANCE: A Legacy of Airmen Innovation in Space Operations

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Digital rendering of Art piece The Backbone of America’s Global Reach in Space Operations which links to full version. — ART AT A GLANCE: The Backbone of America’s Global Reach

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Digital rendering of Art piece Chapman's Legacy which links to full version. — ART AT A GLANCE: Chapman's Legacy

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Digital rendering of Art piece Earth Blood and Fire which links to full version. — ART AT A GLANCE: Earth Blood and Fire

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Digital rendering of Art piece Your Wings are Waiting which links to full version. — ART AT A GLANCE: Your Wings are Waiting

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Digital rendering of Art piece Redtails Poster which links to full version. — ART AT A GLANCE: Redtails

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Digital rendering of Art piece Last Ace which links to full version. — ART AT A GLANCE: Last Ace

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Digital rendering of Art piece Deep Water Horizon which links to full version. — ART AT A GLANCE: Deep Water Horizon

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Digital rendering of Art piece Ghost Over the Highway which links to full version. — ART AT A GLANCE: Ghost Over the Highway

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Digital rendering of Art piece WWII AFR Poster which links to full version. — ART AT A GLANCE: WWII AFR Poster

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Digital rendering of the art piece That Others May Live which links to a full size version. — ART AT A GLANCE: That Others May Live

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Digital rendering of Art piece Deterrence on Demand which links to full version. — ART AT A GLANCE: Deterrence on Demand

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“BANDAGE 33”
BY LIEUTENANT COLONEL WARREN F. NEARY, 2014
Bandage 33 was an aeromedical evacuation mission flown by the 651st Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron out of Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. The team of Citizen Airmen, Captain Adriana Valadez and SrA Amanda Pena from the 433d Airlift Wing, and Lt Col Kathleen Sprague and MSgt John Kley from the 514th Air Mobility Wing were on a routine mission when they were diverted into Mazar-e-Sharif to pick up a critically wounded Airman. That patient was TSgt Zach Rhyner, an Air Force combat controller who had received the Air Force Cross for saving the lives of his 10-man Special Operations Team during a brutal ambush in 2008 and was back in the fight. The Bandage 33 team picked him up and continued with their mission. En route, Rhyner’s condition worsened, prompting Valadez to call for immediate diversion into Bagram Airfield. The aircraft encountered severe turbulence on approach, making it difficult to apply pressure to Rhyner’s wounds.
Undaunted by the shaking, Valadez and Pena strapped themselves to the side of the litter, making it possible for Valadez to apply pressure through the landing, taxi, and transportation to the hospital, thus saving Rhyner’s life. On an average day, there are more than 60 Reserve aeromedical evacuation teams providing support to combatant commands and saving the lives of wounded warriors. — ART AT A GLANCE: Bandage 33

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