Airmen from the 15th Airlift Squadron and 437th Maintenance Group are greeted by family members and friends after returning to Joint Base Charleston, S.C., Feb. 3, 2018, from a Southwest Asia deployment. As part of the 816th Expeditionary AS and 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron’s, these warriors accomplished expeditionary theater airlift missions supporting U.S. Central Command contingency operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria.

Airmen from the 15th Airlift Squadron and 437th Maintenance Group are greeted by family members and friends after returning to Joint Base Charleston, S.C., Feb. 3, 2018, from a Southwest Asia deployment. As part of the 816th Expeditionary AS and 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron’s, these warriors accomplished expeditionary theater airlift missions supporting U.S. Central Command contingency operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria.

Family members and friends greet Airmen from the 15th Airlift Squadron and 437th Maintenance Group after returning to Joint Base Charleston, S.C., Feb. 3, 2018, from a Southwest Asia deployment. As part of the 816th Expeditionary AS and 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron’s, these warriors accomplished expeditionary theater airlift missions supporting U.S. Central Command contingency operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria.

Airmen from the 15th Airlift Squadron and 437th Maintenance Group are greeted by family members and friends after returning to Joint Base Charleston, S.C., Feb. 3, 2018, from a deployment in Southwest Asia. As part of the 816th Expeditionary AS and 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron’s, these warriors accomplished expeditionary theater airlift missions supporting U.S. Central Command contingency operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria.

Royal Australian air force Flight Lt. Timothy Burnard, assigned to the 15th Airlift Squadron walks on the flightline with his significant other, Amanda Robinson, after returning to Joint Base Charleston, S.C., Feb. 3, 2018, from a Southwest Asia deployment. As part of the 816th Expeditionary AS and 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron’s, these warriors accomplished expeditionary theater airlift missions supporting U.S. Central Command contingency operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria.