A deploying North Carolina Air National Guardsman hugs his wife and says goodbye to his family before departure at the North Carolina Air National Guard Base, Charlotte Douglas International Airport, April 28, 2017. The day’s deployment kicks off the second wave of the North Carolina Air National Guards final C-130 deployment, a mission in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel.

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