Barksdale welcomes home heroes
Jeremy, (camera) Hannah, and Darlene Tackett watch as the jet aircraft carrying 280 Airmen returning from a six-month deployment to Guam, pulls onto the ramp at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., March 7, 2014. Son and brother, U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Ryan Tackett, an electronic warfare systems mechanic assigned to the 707th Maintenance Squadron, was part of a group of 18 Airmen from the 307th Bomb Wing who were deployed to Andersen Air Force Base in support of the Air Force's Continuous Bomber Presence in the South China Sea. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jeff Walston)