MOUNTAIN HOME AIR FORCE BASE, Idaho - Colby Orcutt kisses her mother, Terry, as they await the arrival of Lt. Col. Daniel Orcutt, 391st Fighter Squadron commander, on the base flightline Jan. 17 following the colonel’s four-month deployment to Afghanistan. Twelve F-15E Strike Eagles, along with aircrews and maintenance teams with the fighter squadron, returned here that day following a four-month deployment to Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan. In addition, more than 170 members of the 726th Air Control Squadron returned to Mountain Home that afternoon following nearly five months of combat duty in Iraq. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Renishia R. Richardson)
MOUNTAIN HOME AIR FORCE BASE, Idaho - Staff Sgt John Corley, 726th Air Control Squadron, hugs his family upon his return from Iraq on Jan. 17. More than 170 members of the 726th Air Control Squadron returned to Mountain Home on Jan. 17 following nearly five months of combat duty in Iraq. In addition, 12 F-15E Strike Eagles along with aircrews and maintenance teams with the 391st Fighter Squadron also returned here Jan. 17 following a four-month deployment to Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Renishia R. Richardson)
MOUNTAIN HOME AIR FORCE BASE, Idaho -- Senior Airman Chase Hecathorn, 726th Air Control Squadron, hugs his mother upon his return from Iraq on Jan. 17. More than 170 members of the 726th Air Control Squadron returned to Mountain Home on Jan. 17 following nearly five months of combat duty in Iraq. In addition, 12 F-15E Strike Eagles along with aircrews and maintenance teams with the 391st Fighter Squadron also returned here Jan. 17 following a four-month deployment to Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Renishia R. Richardson)
MOUNTAIN HOME AIR FORCE BASE, Idaho - Capt. Philip Hafdahl, a pilot with the 391st Fighter Squadron, departs the base’s flightline with his wife, Tricia, and their children, Colin, Abby and Chloe, shortly after the captain returned here Jan. 17 following a four-month deployment in Afghanistan. Twelve F-15E Strike Eagles, along with aircrews and maintenance teams with the 391st FS, returned here that day following their deployment to Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan. In addition, more than 170 members of the 726th Air Control Squadron returned to Mountain Home that afternoon following nearly five months of combat duty in Iraq. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Renishia R. Richardson)