Deployers come home

Col. Michael Minihan, 19th Airlift Wing commander, greets Tech. Sgt. Lucas Wise, 19th Maintenance Operations Squadron quality assurance, and other military members as they exit a rotator aircraft Sept. 1. Base leaders, friends and families welcomed home more than 160 Airmen returning from deployments in Southwest Asia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Chris Willis)

Deployers come home

Staff Sgt. Francisco Velasquez, 19th Equipment Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintenance craftsman, shares a moment with his son, Aden, on the base flightline Sept. 1. Sergeant Velasquez returned from a four-month deployment at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Chris Willis)

Deployers come home

Staff Sgt. Francisco Velasquez, 19th Equipment Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintenance craftsman, shares a moment with his son, Aden, and wife, Amanda, on the base flightline Sept. 1. Base leaders, friends and families welcomed home more than 160 Airmen returning from deployments in Southwest Asia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Chris Willis)

Deployers come home to The Rock

Liam Lemaire, 3, gives a big welcome home hug to his father, Maj. H. Albert Lemaire, 19th Operations Support Squadron chief of wing tactics, Sept. 1 at the Little Rock Air Force Base passenger terminal. Family members, friends and base leaders came out to welcome home more than 160 Airmen returning from deployments in Southwest Asia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nestor Cruz)

Deployers come home to The Rock

1st Lt. Cory Eubanks, 19th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, kisses his daughter, Ryleigh, 3, Sept. 1 at the Little Rock Air Force Base passenger terminal. Family members, friends and base leaders came out to welcome home more than 160 Airmen returning from deployments in Southwest Asia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nestor Cruz)

Deployers come home to The Rock

Ryleigh Eubanks, 3, tries on a hat belonging to her father, 1st Lt. Cory Eubanks, 19th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Sept. 1 at the Little Rock Air Force Base passenger terminal. Family members, friends and base leaders came out to welcome home more than 160 Airmen returning from deployments in Southwest Asia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nestor Cruz)

Deployers come home to The Rock

Published Sept. 2, 2010