Senior Airman Frank Gonzalez of the 103rd Civil Engineer Squadron and resident of Manchester, Conn., gets a hug from his Aunt Margaret Sanchez of Windsor, Conn., as he and fellow airmen return home to the Bradley Air National Guard Base.	Reilly Gelinas, 3, of Chicopee, Mass., waits Monday for her father to return home to the Bradley Air National Guard Base in East Granby, Conn., after a deployment in Afghanistan.

The 103rd Civil Engineer Squadron returned home Monday night to the Bradley Air National Guard Base in East Granby, Conn., after a deployment in Afghanistan. The group returned after a July deployment and performed construction and facility repair operations as well as engineering tasks.

Airmen of the 103rd Civil Engineer Squadron return home to the Bradley Air National Guard Base in East Granby, Conn., Monday, Feb. 20, 2012 after a deployment in Afghanistan. The group returned after a July deployment and performed construction and facility repair operations as well as engineering tasks.	Staff Sgt. Jim Diederick, left, of Canterbury, a member of the 103rd Civil Engineers Squadron kisses his wife, Sasha, as he returns home to the Bradley Air National Guard Base in East Granby, Conn., after a deployment in Afghanistan Monday, Feb. 20, 2012.