Welcome Home for Strike Fighter Squadron 81

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A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft assigned to the 18th Aggressor Squadron takes off from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Oct. 6, 2014, during RED FLAG-Alaska 15-1. RF-A is a series of Pacific Air Forces commander-directed field training exercises for U.S. and partner nation forces, providing combined offensive counter-air, interdiction, close air support and large force employment training in a simulated combat environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Joseph Swafford Jr./Released)

Deputy Wing Commander Captain Jeffrey Winter, center, is mobbed by two of his children, Julia, 11, and Jackson, 13, behind him, upon the return of Strike Fighter Squadron 81 to Oceana Naval Air Station in Virginia Beach, Va., on Wednesday, May 23, 2012. The F/A -18E Super Hornet squadron returned Wednesday after a six-month deployment in the Middle East with the USS Carl Vinson, a West Coast-based aircraft carrier.  (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Vicki Cronis-Nohe)