Family members and friends of personnel assigned to the 74th Fighter Squadron wait for their loved ones to return from a deployment here August 9, 2009. Ten A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft also returned from the deployment to Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Gina Chiaverotti-Paige) Hi-res
Valarie, wife of Lt. Col. Philip Wielhouwer, 74th Fighter Squadron commander, holds her three-week old son Ryan, as she sees her husband for the first time following his deployment to Afghanistan here August 9, 2009. The colonel will meet his son for the first time during the reunion. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Gina Chiaverotti-Paige) Hi-res
Lt. Col. Philip Wielhouwer, 74th Fighter Squadron commander, is greeted by his children after returning from a deployment here Aug. 9. Colonel Wielhouwer was deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. The aircraft is A-10C 78-0674 from the 74th Fighter Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Gina Chiaverotti-Paige) Hi-res
Lt. Col. Philip Wielhouwer, 74th Fighter Squadron commander, holds his three-week old son Ryan for the first time after returning from a deployment to Afghanistan here August 9, 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Gina Chiaverotti-Paige) Hi-res
Lt. Col. Patrick McKeever, 74th Fighter Squadron A-10C Thunderbolt II pilot, waves to family members and friends after returning from a deployment here August 9, 2009. Colonel McKeever was deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Gina Chiaverotti-Paige) Hi-res
Lt. Col. Patrick McKeever, 74th Fighter Squadron A-10C Thunderbolt II pilot, is greeted by his wife and children after returning from a deployment to Afghanistan here August 9, 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Gina Chiaverotti-Paige) Hi-res
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Welcome home - I am very actively researching use (and more importantly non-use) of depleted uranium penetrator rounds fired in "combat mix" of four rounds of Armor Piercing (AP) to one round of High Explosive Incendiary (HEI) by USAF A-10 Aircraft. Your squadron deployed to Desert Storm and I see returned home from Afghanistan. I would like to correspond with Pilots and Armament specialists about when DU (AP rounds) were used and when they were not. I am of strong opinion that they were never used in Afghanistan since there were no tank targets. Thanks. Roger - DUStory-owner@yahoogroups.com
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