Aeromedical Evacutaion Squadron presented copy of life-saving portrait Published Sept. 7, 2014 By Tech. Sgt. Carlos J. Trevino 433 AW JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND -- A copy of an oil painting by Maj. Warren Neary, an Air Force Space Command Individual Mobilization Augmentee historian, commissioned by the Air Force Reserve Command's history office was presented to the 433rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron by Tech. Sgt. Kim Herrera, 433rd Airlift Wing historian. The painting depicted two Air Force Reservists onboard a medical evacuation flight with the call sign Bandage 33. Valadez and Torres are immortalized in the painting saving the life of an Air Force Combat Controller. Capt. Adriana Valadez and then Senior Airman Amanda Torres of the 433rd Aeromedical Squadron, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland,Texas were deployed to Afghanistan with the 651st Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. "It was an honor. It is a reminder for all of us of why we do what we do, Capt. Valadez made all the right calls. She is a great role model," said now Staff Sgt. Amanda Torres, an aeromedical evacuation technician. According to Herrera, the original portrait hangs in the Office of the Chief of the Air Force Reserve, Lt. Gen. James Jackson, at the Pentagon. Additional copies hang at Headquarters AFRC, at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. "Most of the big works are kept in collections like Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command," said Herrera. "For us, it is an honor to have a copy here at the wing. It is something that we are not always able to see." The portrait will be on display in the 433 AES building.