Raider Brigade Returns Home

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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)

FORT CARSON, CO – JULY 09:  Nichole Merkt (R), kisses her husband Spc. Jake Merkt as they and others celebrate during a welcome home ceremony for U.S. Army troops returning from Afghanistan on July 9, 2011 in Fort Carson, Colorado. Some 530 soldiers from the 1st Brigade Combat Team were to arrive over the weekend, the last major element of the brigade to return from a year of heavy fighting against Taliban fighters in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province.  (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

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