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"I just knew you'd come back," said Emilee Murdock after reuniting with her father, Staff Sgt. Richard Murdock, a C-130 crew chief with the 52nd Airlift Squadron. Murdock and approimately 25 members of the 52nd AS returned Sept. 14, 2012, to Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. after a 120-day deployment to Bagram Airfield. He was a member of the Air Force Reserve associate squadron aircrews and aircraft maintainers that provided tactical airlift support to ground forces operating in Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Daniel Butterfield)


Dad and daughter reunite

"I just knew you'd come back," said Emilee Murdock after reuniting with her father, Staff Sgt. Richard Murdock, a C-130 crew chief with the 52nd Airlift Squadron. Murdock and approimately 25 members of the 52nd AS returned Sept. 14, 2012, to Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. after a 120-day deployment to Bagram Airfield. He was a member of the Air Force Reserve associate squadron aircrews and aircraft maintainers that provided tactical airlift support to ground forces operating in Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Daniel Butterfield)

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Senior Airman Phillip Pollok, 302nd Security Forces Squadron is greeted by his wife Heather upon his return to the Colorado Springs airport June 16, 2014 after his 120-day deployment to Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan. While in Kyrgyzstan, Pollok and the deployed 302 SFS reservists provided for the location’s integrated base defense, physical security and antiterrorism and force protection measures on behalf of U.S. and allied personnel based there. They also provided support for the inactivation and overall Transit Center at Manas closure in early June. For the more than 12 years the American military has operated out of this location, serving as the premier transportation and logistics hub supporting operations in Afghanistan. The transit center-based wing performed four critical missions to include air refueling, onward movement, airlift and humanitarian assistance. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ann Skarban)
302nd Airlift Wing Commander Col Courtney Arnold (right) and 302nd Mission Support Commander Marty Hughes welcome home the returning 302nd Security Forces Airmen here June 16, 2014. Three Airmen assigned to the 302nd Security Forces Squadron returned to Colorado Springs, Colorado after a 120-day deployment to the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan. The Airmen provided for the location’s integrated base defense, physical security and antiterrorism and force protection measures and aided in the closure and inactivation of the transit center. These reservists were among the last of the approximately 20 security forces recently deployed to return home. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ann Skarban)
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -Tech. Sgt. Scott Joiner, 302nd Security Forces Squadron, is greeted by his daughter Xadie and wife Carmen upon his redeployment May 3, 2014. Joiner returned to Colorado Springs with nearly 30 security forces members from the Air Force Reserve Command’s 302nd Airlift Wing, located here, and the 310th Space Wing, located at Schriever Air Force Base, Colo. The Airmen were deployed to the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyz Republic since Jan. 15. While deployed, the Airmen provided for the location's integrated base defense systems. They also provided for the Center's physical security as well as its antiterrorism and force protection measures. Joiner is a fire team leader for the security forces squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Corinna Moylan)
Lt. Col. Joey Dible, right is greeted by 52nd Airlift Squadron Commander Lt. Col. Jason Terry upon her return to Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. on Jan. 15, 2014. Dible served as the 52nd Expeditionary Airlift Squadron Commander leading approximately 30 Airmen and the squadron’s C-130 airlift missions in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, based at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Africa. Dible, a C-130 master navigator and the director of staff is assigned to the Peterson-based 52nd Airlift Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo//Master Sgt. Daniel Butterfield)
Members of the Air Force Reserve Command’s 302nd Airlift Wing deployed to Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti in October 2013. The Colorado Airmen provided tactical airlift in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa as the 52nd Expeditionary Airlift Squadron. (Courtesy photo)
Soldiers of the East Africa Response Force travel depart an U.S. Air Force Reserve Command C-130 Hercules at Juba, South Sudan, to support with an ordered departure in Juba, South Sudan Dec. 18, 2013. At the request of the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Defense Department directed two 302nd Airlift Wing C-130 aircraft to move personnel from Juba, the capital of South Sudan, to Nairobi, Kenya. DOD also augmented physical security at American diplomatic facilities in Juba with members of the EARF, a Djibouti-based joint team assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa. (U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Micah Theurich/Released)
Soldiers of the East Africa Response Force load onto a U.S. Air Force Reserve Command C-130 Hercules at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, to support with an ordered departure in Juba, South Sudan Dec. 18, 2013. At the request of the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Defense Department directed two U.S. C-130 aircraft from the 302nd Airlift Wing, Peterson AFB, Colo. to move personnel from Juba, the capital of South Sudan, to Nairobi, Kenya. DOD also augmented physical security at American diplomatic facilities in Juba with members of the EARF, a Djibouti-based joint team assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa. (U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Micah Theurich/Released)
Winter 2013 Front Range Flyer
C-130 pilot Capt. Daniel Lambrecht greets his son Bradley upon his return from Southwest Asia Sept. 18, 2013 at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. Lambrecht is a Reservist with the 731st Airlift Squadron, one of two flying squadrons of the Air Force Reserve Command’s 302nd Airlift Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo/Rob Bussard)
Families, friends, loved-ones and co-workers gathered to welcome home about 150 C-130 maintainers and aircrew members Sept. 18 at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. The Reservists and Active-duty Airmen from the 302nd Airlift Wing spent four months in Southwest Asia. While deployed, members of the 302nd Operations Group flew hundreds of airlift missions moving troops, wounded warriors and cargo. The deployed members of the 302nd Maintenance Group provided aircraft maintenance support ensuring fully mission capable C-130s (U.S. Air Force photo/Rob Bussard)
Maj. Jon Magee, a C-130 pilot with the 731st Airlift Squadron greets his daughter Alyssa after landing Sept. 18, 2013 at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. Magee had just returned from a deployment to Southwest Asia along with approximately 150 other members of the Air Force Reserve Command’s 302nd Airlift Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo/Rob Bussard)
A member of the 39th Aerial Port Squadron embraces his youngest daughter one last time before he goes through security and deploys to Southwest Asia in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Airman will provide aerial port operations for approximately the next 180 days at the deployed location. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nathan Federico)