Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 507th Air Refueling Wing at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., walk across the flightline to greet their loved ones upon returning return home following a deployment Feb. 17, 2017. More than 90 Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 507th ARW deployed in December 2016 in support of air operations at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. The deployed crews flew 580 missions across 3,027 flight hours, delivering million pounds of fuel to 3,413 receiver aircraft, all while being separated from loved ones over the holidays.

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