Families and friends of deployed Airmen wait for the KC-135R door to open on the flight line at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Dec. 21, 2016. 26 New Jersey Air National Guard Airmen from the 108th Wing returned home after supporting operation Inherent Resolve. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Ross A. Whitley/Released)