A boy waves a flag while waiting for his father to arrive during a homecoming ceremony for returning deployed members of the 156th Airlift Squadron and 145th Maintenance Group at the North Carolina Air National Guard Base, Charlotte Douglas Intl. Airport, Sept. 6, 2014. The Guardsmen deployed for 60 days to Al Udeid, Qatar, as part of the 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Julianne M. Showalter, 145th Public Affairs/Released)