Senior Airman Cody Nixdorf, 5th Air Maintenance Squadron crew chief, kisses his niece at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Sept. 11, 2017. More than 400 Airmen returned from a six-month deployment to Al-Udeid Air Base, Qatar in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Alyssa M. Akers)