Photo Op: Welcome Home, Warthog Daddy!

By Mark Thompson | @MarkThompson_DC | November 15, 2011 | +

Adeline Morash welcomes her father, Major Craig Morash, home to Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, following his six-month deployment to Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, on Oct. 11. Major Morash flies an A-10 Thunderbolt II – like that one behind him – although all know the plane, designed to protect troops on the ground with its powerful cannon, affectionately as the Warthog. Air Force photo by Jamal D. Sutter

U.S. Air Force Maj. Craig Morash, 74th Fighter Squadron A-10 pilot, is greeted home by his daughter, Adeline, after returning from a deployment Oct. 11, 2011, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. Morash was part of a six-month deployment to Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan, where he supported Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jamal D. Sutter/Released)

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