16th AS returns from deployment

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Friends and family of the deployed members of the 16th Airlift Squadron wait for their loved ones to exit a C-17 Globemaster III following a 60-day deployment March 2, 2014, at Joint Base Charleston — Air Base, S.C. The Airmen conducted combat operations in support of OEF while deployed with the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Sean Perry)

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Friends and family of the deployed members of the 16th Airlift Squadron wait for their loved ones to exit a C-17 Globemaster III following a 60-day deployment March 2, 2014, at Joint Base Charleston — Air Base, S.C. The Airmen conducted combat operations in support of OEF while deployed with the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Sean Perry)

Joint Base Charleston leadership greets members of the 16th Airlift Squadron as they exit a C-17 Globmaster III following a 60-day deployment. While deployed crews flew and supported, more than 1,050 sorties, delivered more than 40 million pounds of cargo to include: 1,135 rolling stock, 2,397 pallets and more than 17,000 passengers. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Sean Perry)

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Joint Base Charleston leadership greets members of the 16th Airlift Squadron as they exit a C-17 Globmaster III following a 60-day deployment. While deployed crews flew and supported, more than 1,050 sorties, delivered more than 40 million pounds of cargo to include: 1,135 rolling stock, 2,397 pallets and more than 17,000 passengers. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Sean Perry)

Lt. Col. Stewart Newton, 16th Airlift Squadron, is greeted by his wife Carey and daughter Rachel upon his return from a 60-day deployment. While deployed crews flew and supported more than 1,050 sorties, delivered more than 40 million pounds of cargo to include: 1,135 rolling stock, 2,397 pallets and more than 17,000 passengers. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Sean Perry)

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Lt. Col. Stewart Newton, 16th Airlift Squadron commander, is greeted by his wife Carey and daughter Rachel upon his return from a 60-day deployment. While deployed crews flew and supported more than 1,050 sorties, delivered more than 40 million pounds of cargo to include: 1,135 rolling stock, 2,397 pallets and more than 17,000 passengers. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Sean Perry)

Capt. Matthew Van Osterom, 16th Airlift Squadron is reunited with his son Connor after returning from a 60-day deployment. The 16th AS Airmen conducted combat operations in support of OEF while deployed with the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Sean Perry)

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Capt. Matthew Van Osterom, 16th Airlift Squadron is reunited with his son Connor after returning from a 60-day deployment. The 16th AS Airmen conducted combat operations in support of OEF while deployed with the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Sean Perry)

JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, S.C. – Airmen from the 16th Airlift Squadron returned to Joint Base Charleston - Air Base, March 2, 2014, following a successful 60-day deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

The Airmen conducted combat operations in support of OEF while deployed with the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron.

Flying the C-17 Globemaster III, crews flew and supported more than 1,050 sorties, delivered more than 40 million pounds of cargo to include: 1,135 rolling stock, 2,397 pallets and more than 17,000 passengers.