Air Force Lt. Col. Jim Sisler, the 9th Air Support Operations Squadron director of operations, hugs his two children, Austin (left), and Kathryn, as he exits a bus from the Austin Airport Nov. 29. While deployed, the Corpus Christi, Texas, native was...

Senior Airman Chad Nabsinger, of 9th Air Support Operations Squadron, gets reacquainted with his 8-month-old son, Avery, after being deployed for the past seven months. Nabsinger was one of 13 airmen to return from Iraq Nov. 29. The Wauconda, Ill. na...

Airmen with 9th Air Support Operations Squadron greet members of their squadron as they exit a bus from the Austin Airport Nov. 29 after seven months in Iraq. The 13 Airmen that returned from Iraq had been assigned to various locations throughout Ira...