SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Twenty-seven members of the South Dakota Air National Guard who served half a year of duty in Southwest Asia are returning home.

The Guard says the members of the 114th Security Forces Squadron are returning to Sioux Falls on commercial flights late Wednesday.

The airmen deployed in April to provide security and law enforcement services at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia.

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