Atlantic City, State of NJ

177th Fighter Wing Airmen Return to Base After Four Month Deployment to Middle East

August 3, 2021

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, NJ (ATLANTIC)–Family members gathered at the 177th Fighter Wing based at the Atlantic City International Airport to welcome home the National Guard Members who have been deployed for over four months. A few days earlier on July 31, 2021 members of the 119th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron returned home from a deployment of over four months.

Family members held ‘welcome home’ signs and awaited the return of 177th Fighter Wing members from their deployment, The Airmen were deployed for more than four months to the Middle East in support of U.S. CENTCOM operations.

  • U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 177th Fighter Wing of the New Jersey Air National Guard bank overhead in preparation for landing, upon returning to the Atlantic City Air National Guard Base, N.J., July 31, 2021. Members of the 119th Squadron deployed for more than four months to the Middle East in support of U.S. CENTCOM operations. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Andrew J. Moseley)
  • U.S. Air Force Maj. Jake Pippinger, 119th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot, embraces his children July 31, 2021, at the Atlantic City Air National Guard Base, N.J. Pippinger was deployed for more than four months to the Middle East in support of U.S. CENTCOM operations. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Andrew J. Moseley)
  • U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 177th Fighter Wing of the New Jersey Air National Guard are greeted by 177FW and NJ ANG leadership at the Atlantic City Air National Guard Base, N.J. Aug. 3, 2021, after being deployed over a four-month period in support of U.S. Central Command operations in the Middle East. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Andrew J. Moseley)
  • U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 177th Fighter Wing of the New Jersey Air National Guard deplane a rotator aircraft at the Atlantic City Air National Guard Base, N.J. Aug. 3, 2021, after being deployed over a four-month period in support of U.S. Central Command operations in the Middle East. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Andrew J. Moseley)
  • U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Brian Cooper, 177th Maintenence Squadron commander with the 177th Fighter Wing of the New Jersey Air National Guard, is greeted by family members at the Atlantic City Air National Guard Base, N.J. Aug. 3, 2021, after returning from being deployed over a four-month period in support of U.S. Central Command operations in the Middle East. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Andrew J. Moseley)
  • Family members welcome back 177th Fighter Wing members from their deployment, Aug. 3, 2021, at the 177th Fighter Wing, Egg Harbor Township, N.J. The Airmen deployed for more than four months to the Middle East in support of U.S. CENTCOM operations. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Andrew J. Moseley)