Friends, family welcome Airmen home from deployment
SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany – Rene Bernal holds up a sign while waiting with his mother, Patricia, to welcome home his father, Staff Sgt. Christopher Bernal, 81st Aircraft Maintenance Unit weapons load crew team chief, on Ramp 3 here April 13. Family and friends waited at Hangar 3 to welcome home more than 70 Airmen from a deployment with 81st Fighter Squadron to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, who had been providing close-air support during Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Matthew B. Fredericks/Released)