U.S. Air Force Capt. Michael Filipek, center, a C-130 Hercules pilot with the 169th Airlift Squadron, Illinois Air National Guard, poses with family members after returning to Peoria, Ill., from an overseas deployment March 5, 2017. Filipek and more than 100 other 182nd Airlift Wing Airmen deployed to an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Lealan Buehrer)