SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany – Saber maintainers returning from a deployment supporting the 23rd Fighter Squadron exit a plane on Spangdahlem Air Base’s flightline Feb. 5. More than 300 members returned to Spangdahlem after a four-and-a-half month deployment to Joint Base Balad, Iraq, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Benjamin Wilson)

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SPANDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany – Saber maintainers returning from a deployment supporting the 23rd Fighter Squadron unload gear on Spangdahlem Air Base’s flightline Feb. 5. More than 300 members returned to Spangdahlem after a four-and-a-half month deployment to Joint Base Balad, Iraq, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Benjamin Wilson)

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SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany – Meghan Burkhart welcomes back her husband, Staff Sgt. Thomas Burkhart, 52nd Equipment Maintenance Squadron, as he returns from a deployment with the 23rd Fighter Squadron Feb. 5. More than 300 members returned to Spangdahlem after a four-and-a-half month deployment to Joint Base Balad, Iraq, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Benjamin Wilson)

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SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany – Kai Dahm greets his wife, Staff Sgt. Kimberly Dahm, 23rd Fighter Squadron, with kisses and flowers in Hangar 3 as she returns from her deployment Feb. 5. More than 300 members returned to Spangdahlem after a four-and-a-half month deployment to Joint Base Balad, Iraq, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Benjamin Wilson)

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SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany – A plane carrying more than 300 Sabers returning from a deployment supporting the 23rd Fighter Squadron lands on Spangdahlem Air Base’s flightline Feb. 5. The members are returning to Spangdahlem after a four-and-a-half month deployment to Joint Base Balad, Iraq, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Benjamin Wilson)

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SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany –Family and friends await the arrival of more than 300 Sabers returning from a four-and-a-half month deployment to Joint Base Balad, Iraq, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom Feb. 5. The operation supported 1,600 sorties and logged 6,300 flight hours. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Staci Miller)

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SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany – Nicole and Kaitelyn Wiggins greet their father, Capt. Jeremy Wiggins, 23rd Fighter Squadron, Feb. 5. The 23rd FS returned from a four and a half month deployment to Joint Base Balad, Iraq, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom to a hangar full of family and friends. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Staci Miller)

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Sabers return from deployment

SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany – A senior airman greets his wife as family members rush to find their loved ones during a celebration for Sabers returning from a four-and-a-half month deployment to Joint Base Balad, Iraq, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom Feb. 5. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Staci Miller)

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SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany – Staff Sgt. Javier Pupiales, 52nd Component Maintenance Squadron, greets his daughter, Madeline, and wife, Rachel, after returning from a four-and-a-half month deployment to Joint Base Balad, Iraq, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom Feb. 5. The operation supported 1,600 sorties and logged 6,300 flight hours. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Staci Miller)

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Sabers return from deployment

Published Feb. 5, 2010