Staff Sgt. Andrew Adams, an aerospace ground equipment technician with the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Maintenance Squadron, talks with his wife Sara Adams before deploying to the Persian Gulf region at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., Jun. 24, 2020. More than 70 Airmen from the 123rd Airlift Wing will spend four months flying troops and cargo across the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, which includes Iraq, Afghanistan and northern Africa. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Phil Speck)