First combat XCDS drop

A C-130J Hercules sits on the flightline at Kandahar Airfield, as crews work to prepare the aircraft for an airdrop mission April 29. The airdrop mission was the first use of Extracted Container Delivery System in Afghanistan, a new, more accurate, method of airdrop designed to pull the bundles out of the aircraft faster. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Scott Saldukas)

AE mission

A patient is offloaded from a C-130J with the 772nd Expeditionary Airlift Squadron at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, April 7, 2013. The aircraft is met by an ambulance which will take the patient to Craig Joint Theater Hospital. This is the same procedure that was used during an Aeromedical Evacuation mission to move a critically wounded combat controller from Mazar-e Sharif, in northern Afghanistan, to more advanced medical care at the hospital at Bagram in late March. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Tristan Hinderliter)

Shoots away...

A screen shot of a video when U.S. and Danish Air Forces made history when the two nations came together for an airdrop over the skies of Southern Afghanistan Feb. 25. (Contributed)

Sky high

U.S. and Danish Air Forces made history when the two nations came together for an airdrop over the skies of Southern Afghanistan Feb. 25. (Contributed photo)

C-130J

A C-130J with the 772 Expeditionary Airlift Squadron at Kandahar Airfield is loaded with supplies to be airdropped Nov. 15. The aircraft and most of the squadron is deployed from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Tristan Hinderliter)

MQ-9 Reaper

An MQ-9 Reaper at Kandahar Airfield is loaded with AGM-114 Hellfire missiles and a 500-pound GBU-12. The Reaper, maintained by the 451st Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron here, is a Remotely Piloted Aircraft. Its primary mission is to hunt and kill the enemy. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Tristan Hinderliter)