Mission complete: Charleston Airmen return home
Senior Airman Kenneth Common and girlfriend, Stacy Romero, reunite May 3 at Charleston Air Force Base, S.C. More than 140 Airmen from the 16th Airlift Squadron returned from their 120-day deployment to the Middle East in support of operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom and operations in the Horn of Africa. While deployed, the 16th AS Airmen airlifted more than 110 million pounds of cargo and 60,000 Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and distinguished visitors throughout Southwest Asia. Airman Commons is a loadmaster for the 16th AS. (U.S. Air Force photo/James M. Bowman)