ROYAL AIR FORCE LAKENHEATH, England -- Emma Bauer smiles with excitement, held in arms of her father Master Sgt. Scott Bauer, 48th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron section chief, just returned home from Afghanistan May 13, 2009. More than 250 Airmen returned from a four-month deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Perry Aston)

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ROYAL AIR FORCE LAKENHEATH, England -- Sarah Garner welcomes home her husband Senior Airman Richard Garner, 48th Munitions Squadron, May 13, 2009. More than 250 Airmen returned from a four-month deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Perry Aston)

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ROYAL AIR FORCE LAKENHEATH, England -- Tech. Sgt. Kerry Pliler, 48th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron flight line expeditor, sneaks up on his wife Tina after returning from Afghanistan May 13, 2009. More than 250 Airmen, primarily from the 492nd Fighter Squadron, returned from a four-month deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Perry Aston)

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ROYAL AIR FORCE LAKENHEATH, England -- Sarah Garner gives her husband, Senior Airman Richard Garner, 48th Munitions Squadron, a welcome home kiss May 13, 2009. More than 250 Airmen returned from a four-month deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Perry Aston)

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ROYAL AIR FORCE LAKENHEATH, England -- Hazel Tarbox and their newborn son, Cody, welcome home her husband, Senior Airman Eric Tarbox, 48th Munitions Squadron, after returning from Afghanistan May 13, 2009. More than 250 Airmen returned from a four-month deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Perry Aston)

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ROYAL AIR FORCE LAKENHEATH, England -- Tech. Sgt. Kerry Pliler, 48th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron flight line expeditor, hugs his wife and kids for the first time in four months May 13, 2009. More than 250 Airmen, primarily from the 492nd Fighter Squadron, returned from a four-month deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Perry Aston)

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ROYAL AIR FORCE LAKENHEATH, England -- An Airman from the 48th Logistics Readiness Squadron marshals in the buses carrying the returning Airmen here May 13, 2009. More than 250 Airmen, primarily from the 492nd Fighter Squadron, returned from a four-month deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Perry Aston)

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Liberty Wing Airmen Return from Afghanistan

Published May 13, 2009
By Airman 1st Class Perry Aston
48th Fighter Wing Public Affairs

ROYAL AIR FORCE LAKENHEATH, England -- The 48th Fighter Wing welcomed home more than 250 Airmen, primarily from the 492nd Fighter Squadron, May 13, 2009. The Airmen returned from a four-month deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom