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U.S. Air Force Capt. Jason Helton (left) holds his son Alexander while his wife Kerry looks on as he returns to McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., on Nov. 30, 2004. Helton is assigned as a pilot for the 32nd Air Refueling Squadron and is returning home from a 50-day deployment in Southeast Asia in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

U.S. Air Force Capt. Jason Helton holds his son Alexander.

U.S. Air Force Capt. Jason Helton (left) holds his son Alexander while his wife Kerry looks on as he returns to McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., on Nov. 30, 2004. Helton is assigned as a pilot for the 32nd Air Refueling Squadron and is returning home from a 50-day deployment in Southeast Asia in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

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