Utah soldiers have happy return to Salt Lake City

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Kaj Petersen embraces his son, Elliot, at the Salt Lake City International Airport, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013. Two pilots and four crew members of the Utah Army National Guard returned to Utah from a nine-month deployment to Afghanistan.

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Family members await the return of loved ones in the Utah Army National Guard as they returned to Utah from a nine-month deployment to Afghanistan. at the Salt Lake City International Airport, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013.

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Witten Lundberg, 4, hugs his dad, Jared Lundbergy, at the Salt Lake City International Airport, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013. Two pilots and four crew members of the Utah Army National Guard returned to Utah from a nine-month deployment to Afghanistan.

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Two pilots and four crew members of the Utah Army National Guard return to Utah from a nine-month deployment to Afghanistan. Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013, at the Salt Lake City International Airport

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Lorrie Gillies embraces her son, Shea Gillies, at the Salt Lake City International Airport, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013. Two pilots and four crew members of the Utah Army National Guard returned to Utah from a nine-month deployment to Afghanistan.

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Kaj Petersen embraces his daughter, Gabrielle, at the Salt Lake City International Airport, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013. Two pilots and four crew members of the Utah Army National Guard returned to Utah from a nine-month deployment to Afghanistan.

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Shea Gillies embraces his daughter, Kylie, at the Salt Lake City International Airport, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013. Two pilots and four crew members of the Utah Army National Guard returned to Utah from a nine-month deployment to Afghanistan.

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Lennie Mahler | The Salt Lake Tribune Kaj Petersen embraces his son, Elliot, at the Salt Lake City International Airport, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013. Two pilots and four crew members of the Utah Army National Guard returned to Utah from a nine-month deployment to Afghanistan. Lennie Mahler | The Salt Lake Tribune Family members await the return of loved ones in the Utah Army National Guard as they returned to Utah from a nine-month deployment to Afghanistan. at the Salt Lake City International Airport, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013. Lennie Mahler | The Salt Lake Tribune Witten Lundberg, 4, hugs his dad, Jared Lundbergy, at the Salt Lake City International Airport, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013. Two pilots and four crew members of the Utah Army National Guard returned to Utah from a nine-month deployment to Afghanistan. Lennie Mahler | The Salt Lake Tribune Two pilots and four crew members of the Utah Army National Guard return to Utah from a nine-month deployment to Afghanistan. Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013, at the Salt Lake City International Airport Lennie Mahler | The Salt Lake Tribune Kaj Petersen embraces his son, Elliot, at the Salt Lake City International Airport, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013. Two pilots and four crew members of the Utah Army National Guard returned to Utah from a nine-month deployment to Afghanistan. Lennie Mahler | The Salt Lake Tribune Lorrie Gillies embraces her son, Shea Gillies, at the Salt Lake City International Airport, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013. Two pilots and four crew members of the Utah Army National Guard returned to Utah from a nine-month deployment to Afghanistan. Lennie Mahler | The Salt Lake Tribune Kaj Petersen embraces his daughter, Gabrielle, at the Salt Lake City International Airport, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013. Two pilots and four crew members of the Utah Army National Guard returned to Utah from a nine-month deployment to Afghanistan. Lennie Mahler | The Salt Lake Tribune Shea Gillies embraces his daughter, Kylie, at the Salt Lake City International Airport, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013. Two pilots and four crew members of the Utah Army National Guard returned to Utah from a nine-month deployment to Afghanistan. Lennie Mahler | The Salt Lake Tribune Kaj Petersen embraces his daughter, Gabrielle, at the Salt Lake City International Airport, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013. Two pilots and four crew members of the Utah Army National Guard returned to Utah from a nine-month deployment to Afghanistan.

By Nate Carlisle The Salt Lake Tribune

· November 21, 2013 9:39 pm

This is an archived article that was published on sltrib.com in 2013, and information in the article may be outdated. It is provided only for personal research purposes and may not be reprinted.

Six soldiers returned to Utah on Thursday after a nine-month deployment in Afghanistan.

Two pilots and four crew members assigned to Detachment 50, Operational Support Airlift, of the Utah Army National Guard, arrived at Salt Lake International Airport. Detachment 50 flew equipment in its C-12 Huron.

On Saturday, about 60 soldiers from the Utah Army National Guard's 2nd Battalion, 211th Aviation, will depart on a one-year deployment to Kosovo.

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