Peoria C-130 unit serves as proven choice for the warfight
Friends and family of deployed unit members wave America flags as two C-130 Hercules aircraft taxi onto the 182nd Airlift Wing in Peoria, Ill., July 8, 2014. About 40 182nd aircrew and maintainers returned home from a deployment to Southwest Asia. They participated in Operation Enduring Freedom while assigned to the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Lealan Buehrer/Released)