Over five hundred family members, friends, and well wishers await the arrival of their loved ones in the west hanger of the 132nd Fighter Wing, Des Moines, Iowa on Christmas Eve day 2009. Unit members were retuning from an Aerospace Expeditionary Force deployment to Joint Base Balad, Iraq. Aircraft diverts, rain, sleet, and the third wave of snow to hit Iowa, did not dampen the spirits of those waiting. (U.S. Air Force/Senior Master Sgt. Tim Day) (Released)