/ Published June 12, 2009
Staff Sgt. Santos Flores bids farewell to his wife Yvette and his son Andres at Tucson International Airport on his way to Al Dhafra Air Base in the United Arab Emirates, June 8. He left with nine fellow Guardsmen from the 162nd Fighter Wing’s force support squadron to provide food, fitness, lodging and recreation services to U.S. military members deployed to the area. The group is scheduled to return to Tucson in November. The deployment is Sergeant Flores’ first. (Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Desiree Twombly)