ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE - About 300 Ellsworth Air Force Base
airmen who have spent more than six months deployed in southwest
Asia returned home Friday.
The airmen, from the 28th Bomb Wing, were greeted by Air Force
and civilian honor guards.
They will have two weeks off before getting back to
work.
Several of the airmen became new fathers during their
deployment. One, Daniel Rice, saw his 5-month-old son for the first
time when he returned.
"It's definitely overwhelming," said Rice, a crew chief on one
of the B-1 bombers being used in the Middle East. "I mean, because
for the last month and a half, all I've seen is pictures and
e-mails and I haven't really had an opportunity to see him."
