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The latest news from "The State" (posted on October 5, 2006):

Quote:

Guard troops return from Japan

Some of the 300 South Carolina Air National Guard members who deployed to Japan returned Wednesday.

The first group back at McEntire Joint National Guard Base included eight of the 12 F-16 fighters that left Aug. 28 for Kadena Air Base at Okinawa, said spokesman Lt. Col. Les Carroll.

By Saturday, everyone should be back, Carroll added.

At Kadena, the South Carolinians participated in exercises with Air Force active-duty units.

The six-week deployment marked the first time that the Guard's 169th Fighter Wing had deployed since the opening months of the Iraq war in 2003.

Current story link:
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/ne ... tate_local

Note: In the F-16 news, the following USAF photo is placed (but with a false caption):

Original photo caption: Tech. Sgt. Jason Pry (left) and Senior Airman Justin Butler fill the liquid oxygen tank on an F-16 Fighting Falcon in preparation for takeoff from McEntire Air National Guard Base, S.C., Aug. 28. Members of the 169th Fighter Wing are filling an air expeditionary force role for Pacific Air Forces. The Airmen are assigned to the 169th Maintenance Squadron. (USAF photo by Tech. Sgt. Carol Smith)

Hi-res version:
http://www.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/ ... 0S-003.JPG

The posted caption is related to an older and well-known picture of OIF´s main combat phase!

After their first related photo series (Guard support): http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123026291 USAF released a second series (South Carolina Air Guard trains at Kadena): http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123026992

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