2011 augusztus 24-én az amerikai csapatok egy sebesült társukat szállították a Medavak helikopterhez, miközben egy időzített bomba felrobbant és három katona megsérült. PHOTOGRAPH BY: JOHANNES EISELE / AFP / Getty Images ....................................................................................................................................................US soldiers gather next to a destroyed vehicle as their wounded comrades are airlifted by a Medevac helicopter from the 159th Brigade Task Force Thunder to Kandahar Hospital Role 3, on August 23, 2011. Three soldiers were wounded while their vehicle was destroyed up by an Improvised Explosive Devise (IED). (AFP PHOTO/Getty Images)