317th deployment return
DYESS AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Staff Sgt Samuel McCurley, 317th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, gets a big welcome home hug from his son after a four-month rotation to Southwest Asia, June 18. More than 300 Airmen deployed from the 317th Airlift Group and performed operations in support of Operations Enduring/Iraqi Freedom. Some members also supported operations in the Horn of Africa. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant Connor Estes).