Air Guardsmen home safely from Afghan deployment

Twenty of Alaska’s Air National Guardsmen are back home with their families after spending the last five months in Afghanistan.
The airmen are members of the 212th Rescue Squadron. They were deployed in support of Operations Resolute Support and Freedom’s Sentinel.
They conducted search and rescue missions — similar to their work in Alaska. Maj. Christian Braunlich, a combat rescue officer with the 212th RQS, said their experience saving lives here meant they were more than rea