MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. -- Staff Sgt. Robert Quinn and his wife Erin are not ignoring each other moments before he deploys to the East Asia Theater of Operations. Rather, they use their phones to set up the Skype connection that will keep them connected during the months Robert is away. The Quinns and other families with the 927th Air Refueling Wing recently said good-bye to their loved ones as the Airmen departed on a deployment. (Official U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Shawn Rhodes)

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MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. -- Senior Airman Robert Dougherty, a reservist with the 927th Air Refueling Wing here, spends some precious minutes with his wife, Jessie, and his two boys Logan, 4, and Zack, 3, before deploying to the East Asia Theater of Operations. Dougherty and other reservists tasked with the deployment left their families and jobs to serve their country overseas. (Official U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Shawn Rhodes)

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MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. -- Senior Airman Robert Dougherty, a reservist with the 927th Air Refueling Wing here, sits with his two boys; Logan, 4, and Zack, 3, before deploying to the East Asia Theater of Operations. Dougherty and other reservists tasked with the deployment left their families and jobs in the Tampa community to serve their country overseas. (Official U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Shawn Rhodes)

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MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. -- Staff Sgt. Robert Quinn and his wife Erin said their goodbyes here April 28 before Robert, an avionics technician with the 927th Air Refueling Wing, deployed to the East Asia Theater of Operations. Robert is a reservist with the unit and had to put his two businesses on hold while he serves his country. (Official U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Shawn Rhodes)

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927th Reservists Deploy

Published April 29, 2011