79th RQS and 923rd AMXS return from deployment

U.S. Air Force Capt. David Thomson, 79th Rescue Squadron combat systems officer, walks off the flightline with his wife, Kayla, and their three children at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., Dec. 10, 2015. Members of the 79th RQS and 923rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron returned from a 3-month deployment to Southwest Asia in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Chris Massey/Released)

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79th RQS and 923rd AMXS return from deployment

U.S. Air Force Maj. William Gugelman, 79th Rescue Squadron HC-130J Combat King II pilot, shares an embrace with his wife, Stephanie, and their three sons after landing at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., Dec. 10, 2015. Gugelman returned from a 3-month deployment to Southwest Asia in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Chris Massey/Released)

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79th RQS and 923rd AMXS return from deployment

U.S. Air Force Maj. William Gugelman, 79th Rescue Squadron HC-130J Combat King II pilot, poses for a photo with his wife, Stephanie, and their three sons on the flightline at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., Dec. 10, 2015. Gugelman rejoined his family after a 3-month deployment to Southwest Asia in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Chris Massey/Released)

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79th RQS and 923rd AMXS return from deployment

U.S. Air Force Capt. David Thomson, 79th Rescue Squadron combat systems officer, walks off the flightline with his wife, Kayla, and their three children at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., Dec. 10, 2015. Members of the 79th RQS and 923rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron returned from a 3-month deployment to Southwest Asia in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Chris Massey/Released)

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79th RQS and 923rd AMXS return from deployment

U.S. Air Force Capt. David Phillips, 79th Rescue Squadron combat systems officer, is greeted by his wife, Leslie, and his daughter on the flightline at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., Dec. 10, 2015. Members of the 79th RQS and 923rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron returned from a 3-month deployment to Southwest Asia in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Chris Massey/Released)

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563rd RQG and 923rd AMXS return home

Desert Lightning Team leadership welcome back 563rd Rescue Group and 923rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Airmen as they return from deployment, Dec. 7, 2015 on the flightline at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. The Airmen were deployed to Southwest Asia in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Mya M. Crosby/Released)

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563rd RQG and 923rd AMXS return home

U.S. Air Force Col. James Meger, 355th Fighter Wing commander, welcomes back Senior Airman Timothy Thomasula, 923rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron HC-130J Combat King II crew chief, as Thomasula returns to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., Dec. 7, 2015, from a deployment to Southwest Asia. Airmen were deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Mya M. Crosby/Released)

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563rd RQG and 923rd AMXS return home

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Troy Poe, 355th Equipment Management Squadron aircraft metals technology journeyman, embraces his family, on the flightline at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., after returning from deployment, Dec. 7, 2015.Poe was deployed to Southwest Asia in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Mya M. Crosby/Released)

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79th RQS and 923rd AMXS return from deployment

Published Dec. 11, 2015
By Senior Airman Chris Massey
355th Fighter Wing Public Affairs

DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. -- U.S. Airmen from the 79th Rescue Squadron and 923rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron returned home from deployment Dec. 7 and 10..

The HC-130J Combat King II aircrews and maintainers were deployed for three months to Southwest Asia in support of Operation Inherent Resolve.

This is the first time in five years that all members of the 79th RQS and 923rd AMXS are home from deployment for the holidays.

79th RQS and 923rd AMXS return from deployment

79th RQS and 923rd AMXS return from deployment

79th RQS and 923rd AMXS return from deployment

79th RQS and 923rd AMXS return from deployment

79th RQS and 923rd AMXS return from deployment

563rd RQG and 923rd AMXS return home

563rd RQG and 923rd AMXS return home

563rd RQG and 923rd AMXS return home