Homecoming hugs

PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. - Maj. Melvin Bonifacio, HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter pilot, hugs his boys upon his return from a 4-month deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. During this rotation, the reservists are credited with flying 505 rescue missions; successfully saving 358 lives; and assisting in saving another 287 lives. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Leslie Forshaw)

(Official U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Shawn Rhodes)

MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. -- Staff Sgt. Robert Quinn and his wife Erin are not ignoring each other moments before he deploys to the East Asia Theater of Operations. Rather, they use their phones to set up the Skype connection that will keep them connected during the months Robert is away. The Quinns and other families with the 927th Air Refueling Wing recently said good-bye to their loved ones as the Airmen departed on a deployment.

AFRC commander visits deployed troops

Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner Jr., Air Force Reserve Command commander, talks with Lt. Col. Norma Farrell, 379th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, during a tour of the C-130J Hercules, Dec. 7, 2009. General Stenner was traveling throughout Southwest Asia visiting Reservists deployed in support of operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Robert Barney).