About 180 men and women of the National Guard are heading home to Nebraska after more than nine months in Iraq.

The Guard said the Omaha-based 600th Transportation Company is scheduled to arrive Friday afternoon at the Guard air base in Lincoln.

The unit had been hauling goods from their position at Camp Adder, south of Baghdad. It arrived there in August last year after leaving Nebraska in May for training at Fort Bragg, N.C.

Lt. Col. Bob Vrana said the unit is based in Omaha but includes troops from all over the state.

He said the return of the 600th Transportation Company will leave just 47 Nebraska National Guard troops in Iraq, 33 in Afghanistan and eight in Kosovo.