Photo: Governor Tim Pawlenty welcomes the Soldiers of the Minnesota National Guard&#39;s Detachment (Det) 39 after they returned from a year-long deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Their pilots and system operators directly supported United States and Coalition Forces with counterinsurgency operations in Afghanistan.  The unit conducted continuous combat flights throughout Afghanistan providing electro optic/infrared imagery with a modified Beechcraft King Air 300 C-12 Huron fixed-wing aircraft. Photo by Staff Sgt. Ben Houtkooper, www.MinnesotaNationalGuard.org