U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Colin McCready, 712th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron maintainer, inspects the wing of a C-17 Globemaster III during the Liberty Eagle Readiness Exercise at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, July 15, 2022. McCready is one of many maintainers from the 512th and 436th airlift wings who worked together during a simulated deployment to a forward operating base, located on Dover AFB, July 11-15, 2022. The purpose of this exercise was to validate both wings' ability to generate, employ and sustain airpower across the world in a contested and degraded operational environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ruben Rios)

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Final flight

With the assistance of Dover Air Force Base fire fighter Charles Lombard, Kurt Schmitkons, 9, douses his father Col. Karl Schmitkons, Aug. 4, after the colonel?s final flight at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Colonel Schmitkons is moving to Pope Field, N.C. to become the 440th Airlift Wing vice commander. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jessica Cendana)

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