12/20/2011 - Col. Ted Mathews, 407th Air Expeditionary Group commander, shakes the hand the Airmen under his command Dec. 18, 2011, before they board a C-17 Globemaster III at Ali Air Base, Iraq. Mathew's Airmen were the last Airmen to redeploy from Iraq. Mathews returns to MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., where he is vice commander for the 927th Air Refueling Wing, an Air Force Reserve Command unit. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo)