Aviators return to friends, family at Lemoore base
Plenty of red, white and blue emotions filled a hangar at Lemoore Naval Air Station on the eve of Independence Day as family and friends greeted about 50 aviators returning from a six-month deployment overseas.
Libby Troyer, far left, and children Joseph, 10, center, and Olivia, 8, greet commanding officer of the Black Knights VFA-154 Clark Troyer as he returns home to Lemoore after a six-month deployment.
Plenty of red, white and blue emotions filled a hangar at Lemoore Naval Air Station on the eve of Independence Day as family and friends greeted about 50 aviators returning from a six-month deployment overseas.
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