Deployed Dyess Airmen return home

U.S. Air Force Capt. Joe Becker, 39th Airlift Squadron, greets his children, Melanie, left, and Mathew, right, after returning from a deployment at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, Sept. 19, 2016. During the deployment, Airmen from the 317th Airlift Group and 7th Bomb Wing conducted missions including humanitarian aid, combat airlift, resupply and troop carry for ongoing operations in Africa. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Rebecca Van Syoc)

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Deployed Dyess Airmen return home

The Griffin family walks off the flightline after welcoming home Master Sgt. Larry Griffin, 39th Airlift Squadron, at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, Sept. 19, 2016. Griffin returned after a four month deployment supporting operations in Djibouti, Africa. The Airmen supported ongoing humanitarian, airlift, airdrop and aeromedical evacuation missions in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility in Africa. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Rebecca Van Syoc).

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Deployed Dyess Airmen return home

U.S. Air Force Capt. Joe Goetz, 39th Airlift Squadron, greets his wife, Ashley, and his children Sawyer, Trace and Harper, after returning from deployment at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, Sept. 19, 2016. Airmen from the 317th Airlift Group and 7th Bomb Wing provided combat-delivery capability through tactical airlift and airdrop operations as well as humanitarian efforts and aeromedical evacuations for U.S. and coalition forces in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Rebecca Van Syoc)

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Deployed Dyess Airmen return home

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 317th Airlift Group and 7th Bomb Wing unload luggage from a C-130J Super Hercules after returning from a deployment at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, Sept. 19, 2016. The redeployed Airmen were greeted by family, friends and co-workers with welcome signs and gifts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Rebecca Van Syoc)

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Deployed Dyess Airmen return home

Family, friends and co-workers wait to greet Airmen returning from a deployment at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, Sept. 19, 2016. Sixty-seven Airmen from the 317th Airlift Group and 7th Bomb Wing were deployed for four months to support ongoing operations in Djibouti, Africa. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Rebecca Van Syoc)

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Deployed Dyess Airmen return home

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman John Allen Kruczek and Airman 1st Class Roxanne Groschel, both 317th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chiefs, hold up a sign welcoming members of the 317th AMXS returning from deployment at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, Sept. 19, 2016. Airmen from the 317th Airlift Group and 7th Bomb Wing deployed to Djibouti, Africa in May 2016. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Rebecca Van Syoc)

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Deployed Dyess Airmen return home

U.S. Air Force Capt. Samantha Teague and Airman 1st Class John Smith, both 317th Operation Support Squadron intelligence analysts, wait to greet returning home Airmen from deployment at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, Sept. 19, 2016. They greeted Senior Airman Natalie Crawford, 317th OSS intelligence analyst, after she had been on a four-month deployment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Rebecca Van Syoc)

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Deployed Dyess Airmen return home

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Derek Robertson, 317th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron aerospace journeyman, embraces his girlfriend, Sierra Webster, after returning from a deployment at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, Sept. 19, 2016. The deployed Airmen were divided into two groups, each spending two months at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Africa and Ramstein Air Base, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Rebecca Van Syoc)

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A U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules from the 317th Airlift Group taxis on the flightline at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, Sept. 19, 2016. Three C-130J’s and 67 Airmen from the 317th AG and 7th Bomb Wing returned after a four-month deployment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Rebecca Van Syoc)

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Deployed Dyess Airmen return home

Published Sept. 20, 2016
By Airman 1st Class Rebecca Van Syoc
7th Bomb Wing Public Affairs

DYESS AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- U.S. Air Force Capt. Joe Becker, 39th Airlift Squadron, greets his children, Melanie, left, and Mathew, right, after returning from a deployment at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, Sept. 19, 2016. During the deployment, Airmen from the 317th Airlift Group and 7th Bomb Wing conducted missions including humanitarian aid, combat airlift, resupply and troop carry for ongoing operations in Africa. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Rebecca Van Syoc)