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Connecticut Lieutenant Governor Nancy Wyman greets families during a homecoming for deployed Airmen from the 103rd Air Control Squadron at Bradley Air National Guard base, East Granby, Conn., Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. The Airmen completed a six-month tour of duty in Southwest Asia and returned home just in time for Thanksgiving. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Emmanuel Santiago)

Welcome Home Yankee Watch!

Lt. Col. William Neri, commander, 103rd Air Control Squadron, receives a warm handshake welcome during a homecoming for deployed Airmen at Bradley Air National Guard base, East Granby, Conn., Nov. 20, 2012. The Airmen completed a six-month tour of duty in Southwest Asia and returned home just in time for Thanksgiving. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Jefferson S. Heiland)

Connecticut Guard has an answer for Sandy

Flood waters can be seen in a Southern Connecticut town from one of the Orange-based 103rd Air Control Squadron’s high-wheeled vehicles that responded in the wake of Super Storm Sandy Nov. 1, 2012. (Photo courtesy of Maj. Joe Sorrentino)

Connecticut Guard has an answer for Sandy

A member of the 103rd Civil Engineer Squadron chainsaw team cuts up a fallen tree to help clear the road and facilitate power restoration in a Southern Connecticut town Nov. 1, 2012.The Airman is part of the Connecticut National Guard’s emergency response in the wake of the massive destruction caused by Super Storm Sandy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Erin McNamara)

Connecticut Guard has an answer for Sandy

Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy and U.S. Senator from Connecticut Richard Blumenthal check out commodity distribution operations at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Conn. Nov. 2, 2012. The Airmen are part of the Connecticut National Guard’s commodities distribution center that is staging water and meals-ready-to-eat for delivery to Connecticut towns in need in the wake of the massive destruction caused by Super Storm Sandy. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt.Dawn Surprenant)

CTANG Remembers Pearl Harbor

Capt. Jefferson S. Heiland and Tech. Sgt. Ian P. McMahon fold an historic 48-star flag that had been raised to half staff at Bradley Air National Guard Base, East Granby, Conn., Dec. 7, 2011, in honor of the 70th anniversary of the attacks on Pearl Harbor. The flag, provided by David Antone of Southington (seen in the center of the photo), is said to have been flown at Hickam Field, Hawaii, during World War II. A second U.S. flag that had been raised on the main mast of the USS Arizona in October 1991 as part of a re-enlistment ceremony for then Staff Sgt. Tim Shaw, 15th Security Forces Squadron, was also raised on base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Erin McNamara)