317th Airlift Wing returns home from deployment

U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules aircraft assigned to the 317th Airlift Wing taxi on the flightline after returning from a deployment at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, May 18, 2026. The return highlights the unit’s continued commitment to delivering rapid global mobility and sustaining operations in support of combatant commands worldwide. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Caleb Schellenberg)

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317th Airlift Wing returns home from deployment

A U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules aircraft assigned to the 317th Airlift Wing returns home from a deployment at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, May 18, 2026. The return highlights the unit’s continued commitment to delivering rapid global mobility and sustaining operations in support of combatant commands worldwide. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Caleb Schellenberg)

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317th Airlift Wing returns home from deployment

U.S. Airmen assigned to the 317th Airlift Wing reunite with their teammates after returning home from a deployment at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, May 18, 2026. As the operator of the largest C-130J flight hour program in the Air Force, the 317th AW maintains high-level readiness to project combat airpower into joint and combined environments globally. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Caleb Schellenberg)

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317th Airlift Wing returns home from deployment

U.S. Airmen assigned to the 317th Airlift Wing offload cargo from a C-130J Super Hercules after returning home from a deployment at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, May 18, 2026. As the operator of the largest C-130J flight hour program in the Air Force, the 317th AW maintains high-level readiness to project combat airpower into joint and combined environments globally. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Caleb Schellenberg)

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317th Airlift Wing returns home from deployment

U.S. Airmen assigned to the 317th Airlift Wing are welcomed back from a deployment at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, May 18, 2026. The 317th AW provides critical tactical airlift, airdrop and aeromedical evacuation capabilities, ensuring the rapid movement of personnel and equipment to meet global contingency requirements. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Caleb Schellenberg)

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317th Airlift Wing returns home from deployment

U.S. Airmen assigned to the 317th Airlift Wing embrace their loved ones after returning home from a deployment Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, May 18, 2026. The deployment demonstrated the wing's capacity to execute airlift and airdrop missions in austere environments while responding to contingency requirements for combatant commands worldwide. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Caleb Schellenberg)

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317th Airlift Wing returns home from deployment

Published May 21, 2026
By Airman 1st Class Caleb Schellenberg
7th Bomb Wing

DYESS AIR FORCE BASE, Texas --