Approximately 70 Airmen of the Utah Air National Guard’s 109th Air Control Squadron returned from support of the Global War on Terrorism. This has been the Squadron’s fifth mobilization in ten years. The Squadron’s first activation was in 2000, when members deployed to Kuwait in support of Operation Southern Watch.

Staff Sergeant Tim Jensen hugs his kids Shad, 12, and Ellie 6, after arriving at the Utah Air National Guard Base Thursday November 18, 2010.

Mary Ballif, center, of Tooele, is hugged by her sister Jan Scoffield, left, as the airplane with Ballif’s husband Staff Sergeant John Ballif arrives at the Utah Air National Guard Base Thursday November 18, 2010.

Master Sergeant Wayne Harrah, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, hugs his wife Susan Harrah after arriving at the Utah Air National Guard Base Thursday November 18, 2010.