301st Fighter Wing deploys again

Maj. Gen. TC Coon, 10th Air Force commander (left), and Col. Kevin C. Pottinger, 301st Fighter Wing commander (center), bid farewell and safe journey to more than 100 301FW members as they board aircraft bound for Southwest Asia. The troops have deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and will return in the spring. General Coon pinned on his second star Feb. 20. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Julie Briden-Garcia)

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Maj. Gen. TC Coon, 10th Air Force commander (left), and Col. Kevin C. Pottinger, 301st Fighter Wing commander (center), bid farewell and safe journey to more than 100 301FW members as they board aircraft bound for Southwest Asia. The troops have deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and will return in the spring. General Coon pinned on his second star Feb. 20. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Julie Briden-Garcia)

More than 100 301st Fighter Wing troops have deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and will return in the spring. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Julie Briden-Garcia)

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More than 100 301st Fighter Wing troops have deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and will return in the spring. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Julie Briden-Garcia)

Getting one last hug, one of more than 100 301st Fighter Wing members prepare to board the bus that took them to the awaiting contract aircraft. The troops have deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and will return in the spring. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Julie Briden-Garcia)

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Getting one last hug, one of more than 100 301st Fighter Wing members prepare to board the bus that took them to the awaiting contract aircraft. The troops have deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and will return in the spring. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Julie Briden-Garcia)

Tech. Sgt. Rodney Pollard, 301st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, gets some sugar from his daughter before leaving today for Southwest Asia. More than 100 301st Fighter Wing troops have deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and will return in the spring. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Julie Briden-Garcia)

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Tech. Sgt. Rodney Pollard, 301st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, gets some sugar from his daughter before leaving today for Southwest Asia. More than 100 301st Fighter Wing troops have deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and will return in the spring. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Julie Briden-Garcia)