Airmen return from deployment

After being away from their families and loved ones for nearly seven months, the first of approximately 300 airmen returned to Mountain Home Air Force Base Thursday afternoon following their deployment to the Persian Gulf region.

Those returning home last week included pilots, weapons systems officers and aircraft maintenance specialists from the 391st Fighter Squadron and 366th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron.

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