Leadership of the North Carolina Air National Guard salute a C-130 Hercules aircraft displaying the North Carolina state flag above the cockpit as it taxi’s by carrying returning Airmen from a three month deployment in Southwest Asia, at the flightline of the North Carolina Air National Guard Base, Charlotte Douglas International Airport, May 10, 2017. This is the first group of Air Guard deployer’s to return from the 145th Airlift Wing's ongoing mission in support of Operation Freedom's Sentinel.

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