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Deployed guard members send photos to dad
Posted: 06.17.2012 at 4:11 PM
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Staff Sgt. Nicole Szews, an aircrew flight equipment technician assigned to the 157th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, poses for a photo with a sign for Father’s Day.  / U.S. Air Force
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COLUMBIA (WACH)-- While they’re half a world away, members of the South Carolina Air National Guard deployed in Afghanistan are wishing their dads a happy Father’s Day.

Many guard members posed with signs at Kandahar Airfield, saying hello to their dads.

Swamp Fox F-16’s, pilots and support personnel from McEntire Joint National Guard Base deployed to Afghanistan back in April.

Click here to see more pictures from airmen overseas.

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