110701-F-WA575-003 (Small)

Captain Grant Scholl greets his daughter Ayla and wife Rachel on the flightline on July 1, Joint Base Charleston Air Base, S.C. Capt. Scholl was one of more than 120 Airmen from the 17th Airlift Squadron returning home after a four-month deployment to the Middle East. While deployed, the Airmen flew roughly 2, 850 sorties and airlifted more than 107 million pounds of cargo through out the area of responsibility. (U.S. Air Force photo Staff Sgt. Nicole Mickle) (RELEASED)