The child of a deployed North Carolina Air National Guardsman enthusiastically waves a flag in anticipation of the Airman’s impending return, while at the flight line of the North Carolina Air National Guard Base, Charlotte Douglas International Airport, July 5th, 2017. The child is welcoming back an Airman who had spent months overseas in Southwest Asia supporting Operation Freedom’s Sentinel.

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