Approximately 700 Fort Campbell soldiers will be returning home from a nine-month deployment to Afghanistan in the coming days.
Welcome home ceremonies were set for Saturday morning and Monday afternoon for the 700 members of the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade. They provided aviation support to U.S., coalition and Afghan forces throughout the Combined Joint Operations Area-Afghanistan.
Task Force Destiny exceeded 50,000 flight hours, transporting more than seven million pounds of cargo and 91,000 passengers, and conducting 1,700 security missions and 256 air assault operations.