Raptor, Lightning fly together

An F-35A Lightning II joint strike fighter from the 33rd Fighter Wing at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., and an F-22A Raptor from the 325th Fighter Wing at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., soar over the Emerald Coast Sept. 19, 2012. The flight marked the first time the two fifth-generation fighters have flown together for the Air Force. (Air Force Photo)

Let it rain...Airmen that is

Even the rain cannot stop friends and families from reuniting with Airmen of the 934th Airlift Wing as they return from overseas. The Airmen have been deployed since early 2012 from the Minneapolis-St. Paul Air Reserve Station, Minn. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Paul Zadach)

Let it rain...Airmen that is

Even the rain cannot stop friends and families from reuniting with Airmen of the 934th Airlift Wing as they return from overseas. The Airmen have been deployed since early 2012 from the Minneapolis-St. Paul Air Reserve Station, Minn. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Paul Zadach)

Welcome Home, Airmen!

Friends and families reunite with Airmen of the 934th Airlift Wing as they return from overseas. The Airmen have been deployed since early 2012 from the Minneapolis-St. Paul Air Reserve Station, Minn. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Shannon McKay)

Welcome Home, Airmen!

Airmen hold up the American flag as their C-130 Hercules taxis up to the hangar where families await their arrival at the Minneapolis-St. Paul Air Reserve Station, Minn. The 934th Airlift Wing Airmen have been deployed since early 2012. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Bob Sommer)

RAV Deployment

Maj. Michael Lucore of the 934th Airlift Wing Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron makes his way to an awaiting C-17, for a flight to Gulfport, Miss. where Major Lucore will participate with other members of the Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron in a Readiness Assistance Visit. (US Air Force Photo/Tech Sgt. Jim Loehr)