USAF Pilot Captain Joe D'Agostino flies a KC-135 from Fairchild Air Force Base, in Spokane County, Wash., on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013. (Young Kwak/The Pacific Northwest Inlander)

USAF Pilot Captain Joe D'Agostino, left, and Co-Pilot 1st Lieutenant Jacob Mueller conduct a pre-flight check on a KC-135, at Fairchild Air Force Base, in Spokane County, Wash., on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013. (Young Kwak/The Pacific Northwest Inlander)

Instagram photo of flight line at Fairchild Air Force Base. https://www.instagram.com/p/hwluQKibsV

Instagram photo on the flightline at RAF Lakenheath before traveling the last leg to the Transit Center at Manas. https://www.instagram.com/p/h1AAmRibhc

Major Robert Mehan, of the 128th Maintenance Group, stationed out of Dobbins Air Reserve Base, in Georgia, waits to disembark a KC-135 at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, on Friday, December 12, 2013. The flight originated out of Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., made a stop at RAF Lakenheath, England with its final destination at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan. (Young Kwak/The Pacific Northwest Inlander)

US Marine Corps First Combat Engineering Battalion Gunnery Sergeant Lloyd Beckford checks his rifle during a customs briefing, the first step to going home from a combat deployment in Afghanistan, at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, on Friday, Dec. 13, 2013. The customs briefing instructs military personnel to remove unapproved objects from their person and belongings before boarding their flight home. (Young Kwak/The Pacific Northwest Inlander)

US Marine Corps Corporal Arnold Alejo checks his bag after a customs briefing, the first step to going home from a combat deployment in Afghanistan, at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, on Friday, Dec. 13, 2013. The customs briefing instructs military personnel to remove unapproved objects from their person and belongings before boarding their flight home. (Young Kwak/The Pacific Northwest Inlander)

US military service members returning from combat deployment in Afghanistan enter the Passenger Terminal, at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, on Friday, Dec. 13, 2013. (Young Kwak/The Pacific Northwest Inlander)

US Air Force 376th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron Airman First Class Krysten Cole, right, processes US Army HHBN 4th Infantry Division Military Police E5 Sergeant Thomas Evans, who has returned from combat deployment in Afghanistan, at the Passenger Terminal, at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, on Friday, Dec. 13, 2013. (Young Kwak/The Pacific Northwest Inlander)

An unidentified military security officer pets his dog Spikey before sweeping a plane soon to be filled with US military service members returning from combat deployment in Afghanistan, at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, on Friday, Dec. 13, 2013. (Young Kwak/The Pacific Northwest Inlander)

US military service members returning from combat deployment in Afghanistan board an Omni Air International 777 for a flight home, at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, on Friday, Dec. 13, 2013. (Young Kwak/The Pacific Northwest Inlander)

US Air Force 376th Air Expeditionary Wing Admininstrator Staff Sergeant Velinzala Wallace waits to pick up a pizza from Pizza Hut, at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, on Friday, Dec. 13, 2013. (Young Kwak/The Pacific Northwest Inlander)

376th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron Vice-Commander Colonel John Vaughn walks by a memorial dedicated to Peter Ganci, the senior most New York City Fire Department officer who perished in the attacks on 9/11, at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, on Friday, Dec. 13, 2013. The transit center was originally named for Ganci but due to federal law, a military base could not be named after a civilian. (Young Kwak/The Pacific Northwest Inlander)

376th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron Technical Sergeant Nick Parrott starts up a R22 pumping unit to move diesel fuel from a truck to a large bladder, at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, on Friday, Dec. 13, 2013. Parrot's home unit is the 92nd Logistics Readiness Squadron, based out of Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash.(Young Kwak/The Pacific Northwest Inlander)

376th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron Technical Sergeant Nick Parrott starts up a R22 pumping unit to move diesel fuel from a truck to a large bladder, at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, on Friday, Dec. 13, 2013. Parrot's home unit is the 92nd Logistics Readiness Squadron, based out of Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash.(Young Kwak/The Pacific Northwest Inlander)

376th Expeditionary Civil Engineers Airman Fist Class Michael Mills, left, and Senior Airman Andrew Camerly demonstrate how to rip wood, at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, on Friday, Dec. 13, 2013. These members of the expeditionary unit's home unit is the 92nd Civil Engineers at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. (Young Kwak/The Pacific Northwest Inlander)

(Left to right) 376th Expeditionary Operations Group Pilot and Captain Alex Denton, Co-Pilot and Captain Mike Dobbs, Boom Operator Senior Airman Dave Fernandez and Deputy Operations Group Commander and Navigator Lieutenant Colonel Gene Croft walk outside a KC-135 before Shell 74, a refueling mission over Afghanistan, at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013. Denton, Dobbs and Fernandez's home unit is the 92nd Air Refueling Squadron based at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. Croft's home base is McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. (Young Kwak/The Pacific Northwest Inlander)

376th Expeditionary Operations Group Co-Pilot Captain Mike Dobbs looks towards the cabin inside a KC-135 before Shell 74, a refueling mission over Afghanistan, at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013. Dobbs' home unit is the 92nd Air Refueling Squadron based at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. (Young Kwak/The Pacific Northwest Inlander)

376th Expeditionary Operations Group Pilot and Captain Alex Denton flies a KC-135 during Shell 74, a refueling mission over Afghanistan, over the Hindu Kush Mountains of Kyrgyzstan, on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013. Denton's home unit is the 92nd Air Refueling Squadron based at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. (Young Kwak/The Pacific Northwest Inlander)

The Hindu Kush Mountains are photographed from a KC-135 during the 376th Expeditionary Operations Group Shell 74, a refueling mission over Afghanistan, on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013. (Young Kwak/The Pacific Northwest Inlander)

An F-16 separates from a 376th Expeditionary Operations Group KC-135 during a refueling mission over Afghanistan, on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013. (Young Kwak/The Pacific Northwest Inlander)

376th Expeditionary Operations Group Boom Operator Senior Airman Dave Fernandez refuels an F-16 from a KC-135, over northern Afghanistan, on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013. Ferhandez's home unit is the 92nd Air Refueling Squadron based at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. (Young Kwak/The Pacific Northwest Inlander)

In this training exercise, 376th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron/K9 Handler Senior Airman Matthew Pettit, center, takes Military Working Dog Yyoda off leash after Kennel Master E5 Staff Sergeant Janna McDonald disregards an order to halt and runs, at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, on Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013. (Young Kwak/The Pacific Northwest Inlander)

Instagram photo of morning at the Transit Center at Manas. https://www.instagram.com/p/h7SFE6ibs4

Instagram photo of a C-17 on the flight line at the Transit Center at Manas. https://www.instagram.com/p/h7jGU2iblU

A KC-135 is photographed at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, on Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013. (Young Kwak/The Pacific Northwest Inlander)

376th Expeditionary Operations Group Captain Mike Dobbs, center, checks the wheel well of KC-135 as 376th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Senior Airman Nick Stevens, left, and Airman First Class Joshua Jones look on, at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, on Sunday, December 15, 2013. Captain Mike Dobbs's home unit is the 92nd Air Refueling Squadron, Senior Airman Nick Stevens' home unit is 92nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, while Airman First Class Joshua Jones's home unit is the 92nd Maintenance Squadron. Both are based out of Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. (Young Kwak/The Pacific Northwest Inlander)

92nd Air Refueling Wing crews returning from deployment at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan are welcomed by Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., personnel on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013. (Young Kwak/The Pacific Northwest Inlander)

Instagram photo of crews returning home to Fairchild Air Force Base. https://www.instagram.com/p/iCTv7zibsP

93rd Air Refueling Squadron Captain Ariel Kayne, left, kisses his wife, Sara, for the first time in three months, at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013. He was deployed to the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan as part of the 376th Expeditionary Operations Group. (Young Kwak/The Pacific Northwest Inlander)