<p>Sgt. Aimee Schmidt hugs her son Colton Saturday afternoon during the return of the 495th at the Glacier Jet Center at Glacier Park International Airport. Sept. 21, 2013 in Kalispell, Montana. (Patrick Cote/Daily Inter Lake)</p>
September 21, 2013
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September 21, 2013 9 p.m.
A warm welcome home: Returning 495th greeted by families, supporters
Smiles stretched across an expansive crowd filling Glacier Jet Center Saturday. People hooted and hollered, waved their hands and shook signs as if waiting for rock stars, but they were each waiting for someone far more important — military heroes.