04/18/06 Air Force Senior Airman James Lifer greets his son at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., after returning from deployment on April 18, 2006. Lifer is a boom operator on the KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft deployed from the 92nd Air Refueling Squadron in support of operations around the globe. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Laura K. Smith, U.S. Air Force. |