Airmen return home
Staff Sgt. Cody Beverly, 350th Air Refueling Squadron boom operator, embraces his children and wife after returning from a deployment Oct. 15, 2012, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. More than 30 Airmen, including Beverly, returned from deployments of various lengths in the Middle East. Currently 537 active duty, reservists and guardsmen are deployed to a total of 23 locations worldwide. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Maurice A. Hodges)