The Associated Press • Published August 07, 2008 About 200 members of the Idaho Air National Guard are back home. The airmen arrived back at Gowen Field in Boise Thursday after a 45-day deployment in Afghanistan in support of NATO operations. The group includes 30 pilots from the 190th Fighter Squadron and a mix of those assigned to operations, support and maintenance with the 124th Wing. The mission called for supporting A-10 fighter jets and providing air support to coalition ground forces. The trip marked the second overseas deployment for the 190th Fighter Squadron in the last two years and third...
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