Family and friends wait to be reunited with their Airmen. Twenty-nine Airmen from the St. Paul-based 133rd Airlift Wing of the Minnesota Air National Guard returned to Minnesota on July 16, 2010 following a two-month deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, taking one of the Wing's eight C-130 "Hercules" aircraft with them.
Christopher and Erik Chapin eagerly wait to be reunited with their mother, Maj. Cary Chapin, a 133rd Airlift Wing pilot. Twenty-nine Airmen from the St. Paul-based wing of the Minnesota Air National Guard returned to Minnesota on July 16, 2010 following a two-month deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, taking one of the Wing's eight C-130 "Hercules" aircraft with them.
Twenty-nine Airmen from the St. Paul-based 133rd Airlift Wing of the Minnesota Air National Guard returned to Minnesota on July 16, 2010 following a two-month deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, taking one of the Wing's eight C-130 "Hercules" aircraft with them.
Family and friends wait to reunite with their Airmen. Twenty-nine Airmen from the St. Paul-based 133rd Airlift Wing of the Minnesota Air National Guard returned to Minnesota on July 16, 2010 following a two-month deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, taking one of the Wing's eight C-130 "Hercules" aircraft with them.
The ground crew prepares to unload the bags of twenty-nine Airmen from the St. Paul-based 133rd Airlift Wing of the Minnesota Air National Guard as they returned to Minnesota on July 16, 2010 following a two-month deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, taking one of the Wing's eight C-130 "Hercules" aircraft with them.
Dan Yuletade, a Navy veteran, hugs his grandson, Dan Yuletade, an engine mechanic with the 133rd Airlift Wign. Twenty-nine Airmen from the St. Paul-based Wing of the Minnesota Air National Guard returned to Minnesota on July 16, 2010 following a two-month deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, taking one of the Wing's eight C-130 "Hercules" aircraft with them.
Maj. Cary Chapin reunites with her sons after a two-month deployment to Afghanistan. Chapin, along with twenty-eight other Airmen from the St. Paul-based 133rd Airlift Wing of the Minnesota Air National Guard returned to Minnesota on July 16, 2010 after a deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, taking one of the Wing's eight C-130 "Hercules" aircraft with them.
Maj. Cary Chapin reunites with her three sons after a two-month deployment to Afghanistan. Chapin, along with twenty-eight other Airmen from the St. Paul-based 133rd Airlift Wing of the Minnesota Air National Guard returned to Minnesota on July 16, 2010 after a deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, taking one of the Wing's eight C-130 "Hercules" aircraft with them.
A mother and daughter are reunited as twenty-nine Airmen from the St. Paul-based 133rd Airlift Wing of the Minnesota Air National Guard returned to Minnesota on July 16, 2010 following a two-month deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, taking one of the Wing's eight C-130 "Hercules" aircraft with them.
The Hubert family reunites with 2nd Lt. Christina Hubert as she returns from Afghanistan. Her father, Lt. Col Loren Hubert is also in the Minnesota Air National Guard, along with two brothers.Twenty-nine Airmen from the St. Paul-based 133rd Airlift Wing of the Minnesota Air National Guard returned to Minnesota on July 16, 2010 following a two-month deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, taking one of the Wing's eight C-130 "Hercules" aircraft with them.