Air Force Col. Joseph Stepp salutes two North Carolina Air National Guard C-130 Hercules aircraft as they taxi 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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