Spangdahlem A-10s return from deployment
SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany – Lt. Col. Douglas Sirk, 81st Fighter Squadron assistant director of operations, hugs his wife and kids Sept. 27 after returning from a five-month deployment to Kandahar, Afghanistan. Colonel Sirk was one of five A-10 Thunderbolt II pilots to return on that day. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Benjamin Wilson)