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FARGO, N.D. - After deploying with Kosovo Force 12 in August 2009, the North Dakota National Guard's Staff Sgt. Leah Kyllo is returning to North Dakota, in time to spend the holidays with her family and friends at home.
Kyllo, of Mayville, N.D., has spent the last 27 months serving as part of headquarters in Pristina, Kosovo, after volunteering to extend her Kosovo deployment. The North Dakota contingency that led KFOR 12 arrived home in North Dakota in August 2010.
Kyllo will arrive on Delta Airlines Flight Number 2232 in Fargo is expected to arrive at 10:30 p.m. today. Please check http://www.delta.com/traveling_checkin/flight_status_updates/index.jsp for the most current flight updates.
The KFOR 12 mission was the single largest mobilization for the North Dakota National Guard since the Korean War.
Currently, 55 North Dakota soldiers with the Headquarters and Headquarters Company of the 1st Battalion, 112th Aviation Regiment (Security and Support) are deployed to Kosovo as part of Kosovo Force 15, a NATO peacekeeping operation.
WHO: Staff Sgt. Leah Kyllo, North Dakota Army National Guard
WHAT: Returning to N.D. after 27-months in Kosovo
WHEN: Wednesdays, Dec. 7 at 10:30 p.m.
WHERE: Hector International Airport in Fargo
MEDIA: No pre-coordination is needed
| Date Taken: | 12.07.2011 |
| Date Posted: | 12.07.2011 16:13 |
| Story ID: | 81026 |
| Location: | FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA, US |
| Web Views: | 116 |
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