150 Utah Soldiers return home after 12 months in Afghanistan
Updated: 1/17 6:02 pm | Published: 1/17 12:48 pm
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) - Utah Soldiers of the Utah Air National Guard returned home to loved ones Thursday.
150 Soldiers of the guard's First Battalion, 211th aviation, came home from their 12 month deployment to Afghanistan.
The flew Apache helicopters for aerial reconnaissance and provided armed escort for U.S. and coalition aircraft.
The rest of the 300 member battalion will come home on Sunday.
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