![NAS Lemoore squadrons return home after a long seven-month deployment An attendant can't keep children away from their returning fathers as a pair Naval Air Station squadrons return home after a long deployment.](http://www.mylemooreleader.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/w600/n1950/06 28 2023 An attendant can't keep children away from their returning fathers no 2.jpg)
An attendant can't keep children away from their returning fathers as a pair Naval Air Station squadrons return home after a long deployment.
Photo by Gary Feinstein
Naval Air Station Lemoore welcomed home on Tuesday Carrier Air Wing Seventeen and Strike Fighter Squadrons VFA-22, VFA-94, VFA-137, and VFA-146 after a nearly seven-month deployment to the Western Pacific with USS Nimitz and Carrier Strike Group (CSG-11).
The two squadrons were welcomed home by family and friends on Tuesday and Wednesday, June 27-28, and of course, will feature both the aviators who flew home on Tuesday, followed by the 1,000 Sailors on Wednesday who help keep the Navy fighter jets in the air.
![NAS Lemoore squadrons return home after a long seven-month deployment Kelly McGuire holds a sign for her husband, Nick, as VFA-22 lands Tuesday morning at NAS Lemoore after a long deployment.](http://www.mylemooreleader.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/w450/n1950/06 28 2023 Kelly McGuire holds a sign for her husband Nick as VFA-22 lands on Tuesday morning.jpg)
Kelly McGuire holds a sign for her husband, Nick, as VFA-22 lands Tuesday morning at NAS Lemoore after a long deployment.
Photo by Gary Feinstein
![NAS Lemoore squadrons return home after a long seven-month deployment The morning was all about hugs and roses for the families reuniting after a long deployment.](http://www.mylemooreleader.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/w450/n1950/06 28 2023 The morning was all about hugs and roses for the families reuniting after a long deployment.jpg)
The morning was all about hugs and roses for the families reuniting after a long deployment.
Photo by Gary Feinstein