Sabers return from deployment

SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany – Nicole and Kaitelyn Wiggins greet their father, Capt. Jeremy Wiggins, 23rd Fighter Squadron, Feb. 5. The 23rd FS returned from a four and a half month deployment to Joint Base Balad, Iraq, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom to a hangar full of family and friends. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Staci Miller)

Sabers return from deployment

SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany –Family and friends await the arrival of more than 300 Sabers returning from a four-and-a-half month deployment to Joint Base Balad, Iraq, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom Feb. 5. The operation supported 1,600 sorties and logged 6,300 flight hours. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Staci Miller)

Sabers return from deployment

SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany – Meghan Burkhart welcomes back her husband, Staff Sgt. Thomas Burkhart, 52nd Equipment Maintenance Squadron, as he returns from a deployment with the 23rd Fighter Squadron Feb. 5. More than 300 members returned to Spangdahlem after a four-and-a-half month deployment to Joint Base Balad, Iraq, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Benjamin Wilson)

Sabers return from deployment

SPANDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany – Saber maintainers returning from a deployment supporting the 23rd Fighter Squadron unload gear on Spangdahlem Air Base’s flightline Feb. 5. More than 300 members returned to Spangdahlem after a four-and-a-half month deployment to Joint Base Balad, Iraq, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Benjamin Wilson)

Ramstein Airmen exercise in Bitburg

FLUGPLATZ BITBURG, Germany – Tech. Sgt. Kevin Welch, 435th Air Mobility Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, works into the night setting up tents on the flightline of Flugplatz Bitburg during an operational readiness exercise Jan. 27. Members from Ramstein’s 435th Air Ground Operations Wing and the 86th Airlift Wing worked together to set up bare-base operations at Flugplatz Bitburg. This was the second of five OREs Ramstein is performing to prepare for an inspection in September. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Benjamin Wilson)

Ramstein Airmen exercise in Bitburg

FLUGPLATZ BITBURG, Germany – Trucks carrying cargo to members of Ramstein Air Base, Germany, line the flightline of Flugplatz Bitburg during an operational readiness exercise Jan. 27. Members from Ramstein’s 435th Air Ground Operations Wing and the 86th Airlift Wing worked together to set up bare-base operations at Flugplatz Bitburg. This was the second of five OREs Ramstein is performing to prepare for an inspection in September. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Benjamin Wilson)