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Children anxiously await the return home of their deployed parents to the flightline at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. May 18, 2016. Approximately 150 Air Force Reservists and four C-130 cargo aircraft from the 302nd Airlift Wing are returned home after a four-month deployment to Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, in support of Operations Freedom’s Sentinel and Inherent Resolve. While deployed, the Airmen provided critical C-130 airlift support to include airlift, airdrop and aeromedical evacuation to U.S. Central Command operations throughout Southwest Asia. The deployed members of the 302nd Maintenance Group provided aircraft maintenance support ensuring fully mission capable C-130s in Southwest Asia. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Amber Sorsek)

Children await redeployed Airmen

Children anxiously await the return home of their deployed parents to the flightline at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. May 18, 2016. Approximately 150 Air Force Reservists and four C-130 cargo aircraft from the 302nd Airlift Wing are returned home after a four-month deployment to Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, in support of Operations Freedom’s Sentinel and Inherent Resolve. While deployed, the Airmen provided critical C-130 airlift support to include airlift, airdrop and aeromedical evacuation to U.S. Central Command operations throughout Southwest Asia. The deployed members of the 302nd Maintenance Group provided aircraft maintenance support ensuring fully mission capable C-130s in Southwest Asia. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Amber Sorsek)

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Then Senior Airmen Dustin Johannsen and Barry Logan pull a retardant hose from a MAFFS-equipped C-130 preparing to fly a drop mission in support of Colorado wildland fire fighting efforts June 29, 2012 at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. Johannsen graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy May 24, 2017 after applying to the Leaders Encouraging Airman Development program. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Thomas Doscher)

Cadet (now 2nd Lt.) Krista Kelly takes her oath of office during a commissioning ceremony May 23, 2017 at the U.S. Air Force Academy. Kelly's next assignment will be at Travis Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Daniel Butterfield)

Newly-minted Air Force second lieutenants toss their hats in the air at the end of the Class of 2017 graduation ceremony, May 24, 2017, at the U.S. Air Force Academy. Three former members of the 302nd Airlift Wing were part of the graduating class. (U.S. Air Force photo/Bill Evans)

Senior Airman Elliott Jones, a traditional Air Force reservist and emergency management specialist assigned to the 302nd Civil Engineer Squadron, was awarded the Outstanding Enlisted Military Member E-1 through E-4 category by the Colorado Springs Military Affairs Council. The award, which recognizes outstanding military and community achievements was presented by Lt. Gen. Michelle Johnson, superintendent of the U.S. Air Force Academy and members of the Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce Military Affairs Council during the Chamber's annual Armed Forces Week awards luncheon. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ann Skarban)

Master Sgt. Douglas Lemp, an air transportation specialist assigned to the Reserve wing’s 39th Aerial Port Squadron, and Senior Airman Elliott Jones, an emergency management specialist assigned to the 302nd Civil Engineer Squadron, pose for a photo with Chief Master Sgt. Vicki Robertson, 302nd Airlift Wing command chief after the Colorado Springs Armed Forces Week Enlisted Awards ceremony held May 15, 2017 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ann Skarban)

The 302nd Airlift Wing was recently awarded the 2015 Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for its exceptional performance during the period Jan. 1, 2014 through Dec. 31, 2015. The 302nd AW is one of 18 Air Force Reserve units to receive the award during the 2015 award period. Dozens of accomplishments by the wing’s operations, maintenance and support Airmen to include the Wing's Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System mission were recognized. Pictured: Members of the 39th Aerial Port Squadron along with C-130 loadmasters assigned to the 731st Airlift Squadron load a U.S. Forest Service MAFFS unit onto a 302nd AW C-130, Aug. 2, 2015, at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. MAFFS aircrews and support personnel responded to the U.S. Forest Service MAFFS activation in support of 2015 wildland fire fighting efforts in California and the Northwestern U.S. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nathan Federico.)

Col. James DeVere, 302nd Airlift Wing commander, talks with Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson on the Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. flightline during her visit, May 22, 2017. DeVere briefed Wilson on several of the Reserve wing’s missions before the secretary had the opportunity to view up-close a portable U.S. Forest Service Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System used during 302nd AW C-130 MAFFS missions and meet with Reserve Citizen Airmen from the wing’s 34th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, 302nd Security Forces Squadron and 302nd Operations Group. Peterson AFB was the first official base visit for Wilson as Secretary of the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Frank Casciotta)

Lt. Col. Kimberly MacPherson, the 34th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron director of operations and flight nurse, briefs Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson on the 302nd Airlift Wing’s capabilities and contributions to the U.S. Air Force’s aeromedical evacuation mission. The secretary had the opportunity to view up-close a portable U.S. Forest Service Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System used during 302nd AW C-130 MAFFS missions and meet with Reserve Citizen Airmen from the wing’s 34th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, 302nd Security Forces Squadron and 302nd Operations Group. The May 22, 2017 visit to Peterson Air Force Base was the first official base visit for Wilson as Secretary of the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Frank Casciotta)

Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson, talks with Maj. Joseph Bennington, on the flight deck of an Air Force Reserve C-130 Hercules during her visit to Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., May 22, 2017. Bennington is a C-130 instructor pilot assigned to the 302nd Operations Support Squadron. Peterson AFB was the first official base visit for Wilson as Secretary of the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Frank Casciotta)

Col. James DeVere, the 302nd Airlift Wing commander, talks with Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson on the Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. flightline during her visit, May 22, 2017. DeVere briefed Wilson on several of the Reserve wing’s missions before the secretary had the opportunity to view up-close a portable U.S. Forest Service Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System used during 302nd AW C-130 MAFFS missions and meet with Reserve Citizen Airmen from the wing’s 34th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, 302nd Security Forces Squadron and 302nd Operations Group. Peterson AFB was the first official base visit for Wilson as Secretary of the Air Force.
(U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Frank Casciotta)

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