MANSFIELD — More than 100 members of the 179th Airlift Wing are returnng Wednesday afternoon.
At approximately 2 p.m., the 179th Airlift Wing will welcome home the final rotation of returning deployed members from a historic mission with the C-130H Hercules aircraft.
This is the first the unit has deployed with the C-130H Hercules since the aircraft returned to the 179th Airlift Wing following a mission conversion from the C-27J Spartan back to the C-130H Hercules. Members have been deployed from three to six months in support of tactical airlift missions throughout the middle-east.
The first rotation of this deployment consisting of around 56 airmen and two aircraft arrived back safely on July 4. The remaining two aircraft and approximately 56 more members are expected to return at the July 6 Homecoming.
