Welcome Home, Mom
Tech. Sgt. Erin Buchanan hugs her son, Kyle, at the airport after returning home Aug. 15 from a deployment in Iraq. Sergeant Buchanan, a life support specialist, was assigned to the 332nd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron and volunteered in the hospital's emergency room trauma section, loaded patients and even crewed airplanes. Sergeant Buchanan, who had been deployed since June 22, is a reservist assigned to the 944th Fighter Wing at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Susan Stout)