50th Anniversary of Operation Homecoming at Travis AFB Published March 23, 2023 By Nicholas Pilch 60th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - Operation Homecoming went from Feb. 12, 1973 to April 4, 1973 and saw to the repatriation of 600 prisoners of war from Hanoi, Vietnam. 06:39 VIDEO | 06:39 | Part I Capture - 50th Anniversary of Operation Homecoming at Travis AFB Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Richard “Dog” Brenneman, pilot and Vietnam POW, shares his experience of being captured, kept prisoner and released from the Hanoi Hilton. . 06:25 VIDEO | 06:25 | Part II Release - 50th Anniversary of Operation Homecoming at Travis AFB Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. John F. Gonge, commander and pilot, shares how the 22d Air Force executed Operation Homecoming in 1973. . 06:22 VIDEO | 06:22 | Part III Return - 50th Anniversary of Operation Homecoming at Travis AFB Kathy Freeberg, daughter of retired U.S. Air Force Col. Alan Leslie Brunstrom, pilot and Vietnam POW, shares stories of her father and his return.