Welcome Home

Lt. Col. Mary Parmenter of the 734th Agri-business Development Team (ADT) is welcomed home by her grandson during the Welcome Home Ceremony on June 25, 2011, at Johnston High School, Johnston, Iowa. The 734th ADT was the first joint Iowa Army and Air National Guard unit to be deployed overseas. USAF Photo TSGT Brian Cox (Released).

Sentry Down Under

Tech. Sgt. Josh Jamieso, repairs a three-hundred gallon external fuel tank from an F-16C Fighter Jet at the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base, Williamtown, New South Wales, Australia, on February 24, 2011. The 132nd FW is participating in a joint flight exercise, ?Sentry Down Under?, with the RAAF. (USAF Photo/ Tech. Sgt. Oscar M. Sanchez-Alvarez)

Sentry Down Under

Pair of F-18 Fighter Jets from the Royal Australian Air Force, receivesfuel from a KC-135 Tanker's boom, from the 185th Air Refueling Wing (ARW) Sioux City, Iowa, Iowa Air National Guard, over the East coast of Australia, in Williamtown, New South Wales, Australia, on February 23, 2011. The 185th ARW is participating in a joint flight exercise, "Sentry Down Under", refueling F-16C and F-18 Fighter Jets in Australia. (USAF Photo/ Tech. Sgt. Oscar M. Sanchez-Alvarez)

Sentry Down Under

Tech. Sgt. Bryon Adams(right) from the 185th Air Refueling Wing (ARW) Sioux City, Iowa, Iowa Air National Guard, and Leading Aircrafts Men (LAC) Greg McMahon, from the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base, Williamtown, New South Wales, Australia, sign forms after refueling a KC-135 Tanker, on February 23, 2011. The 185th ARW is participating in a joint flight exercise, "Sentry Down Under", refueling F-16C and F-18 Fighter Jets in Australia. (USAF Photo/ Tech. Sgt. Oscar M. Sanchez-Alvarez)

Sentry Down Under

Master Sgt. Ron Hanson, with the 185th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), Sioux City, Iowa, Iowa Air National Guard, supervises a drogue install on a KC-135 Tanker, which will refuel an Australian F-18 Fighter Jet, at the Royal Australian Air Force (RAFF) Base, Williamtown, New South Wales, Australia, on February 22, 2011. The 185th ARW is participating in a joint flight exercise, "Sentry Down Under", refueling F-16C and F-18 Fighter Jets in Australia. (USAF Photo/ Tech. Sgt. Oscar M. Sanchez-Alvarez)

Sentry Down Under

Tech. Sgt. Byron Adams(right) and Chief Master Sgt. Mark Wankum, with the 185th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), Sioux City, Iowa, Iowa Air National Guard, install a drogue on a KC-135 Tanker , which will refuel an Australian F-18 Fighter Jet, at the Royal Australian Air Force (RAFF) Base, Williamtown, New South Wales, Australia, on February 22, 2011. The 185th ARW is participating in a joint flight exercise, "Sentry Down Under", refueling F-16C and F-18 Fighter Jets in Australia. (USAF Photo/ Tech. Sgt. Oscar M. Sanchez-Alvarez)