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New Hampshire Airman return home from Operation Epic Fury

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Members of the 744th Transportation Company of New Hampshire’s Army National Guard, led by unit commander Capt. Ainsworth, board their plane bound for the Persian Gulf at Westover Air Force Base in Chicopee, Massachusetts on Sunday, afternoon, Jan. 20, 1991. The unit in based in Claremont and Hillsboro, New Hampshire. A second flight was scheduled to take the rest of the unit on Sunday, evening. Photo: Associated Press/AP Photo/Julia Malakie

MANCHESTER, N.H.- Members of the New Hampshire Nation Guard have returned to the Granite State after contributing to Operation Epic Fury.

The airmen are part of 157th Air Refueling Wing and are back home after being deployed to assist the U.S. Central Command in late February.

During their deployment the unit worked to refuel military aircraft mid-flight to allow planes heading overseas to fly for hours without landing.

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