Alaska National Guard
More than 100 Alaska Air Guard members from the 144th Airlift Squadron, 176th Maintenance Group and support units returned to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on July 5 and 6, 2016, from a four-month deployment in Kuwait in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. Their focus was to support the C-130H "Hercules" tactical-airlift mission. Due to a proposal at the national level to divest the 176th Wing of its C-130H aircraft, this may be the last deployment for the 144th Airlift Squadron in its current form. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. N. Alicia Halla)
Alaska National Guard
More than 100 Alaska Air Guard members from the 144th Airlift Squadron, 176th Maintenance Group and support units returned to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on July 5 and 6, 2016, from a four-month deployment in Kuwait in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. Their focus was to support the C-130H "Hercules" tactical-airlift mission. Due to a proposal at the national level to divest the 176th Wing of its C-130H aircraft, this may be the last deployment for the 144th Airlift Squadron in its current form. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. N. Alicia Halla)