726th ACS returns from Mideast

A member with the 726th Air Control Squadron hugs his child after returning from a half-year deployment in support of Operation New Dawn -- the current name for operations and support missions in Iraq.

After nearly seven months away from their family and friends, approximately 200 airmen from Mountain Home Air Force Base returned home Saturday following a deployment to Southwest Asia.

Assigned to the 726th Air Control Squadron at the nearby base, the team conducted military operations in the region in support of Operation New Dawn.

This new mission superseded Operation Iraqi Freedom after official combat operations ended in Iraq in September 2010.

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