KIRTLAND AFB, N.M. -- Capt. Mike Gifford is welcomed home Jan. 13 at the Albuquerque Sunport by his girlfriend, Laura Keck, along with friends, coworkers and members of the Rio Rancho Chapter of the Blue Star Mothers. Gifford, assigned to the Air Force Safety Center at Kirtland Air Force Base, was deployed to Afghanistan for four months.(Photo by Lt. Col. Cindy Feldwisch)