AUGUST 2: During a rescue mission by a team from a U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, army medics carry a wounded Afghan Army soldier to an evacuation helicopter, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan. U.S. Air Force Pararescumen and helicopter aircrews work together to evacuate wounded combatants and civilians from battlefields in southern Afghanistan. (Brennan Linsley/Associated Press) More photos of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq
