YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Col. Otto Feather, 374th Airlift Wing commander, flies over Yokota Air Base, Japan in a UH-1 Huey during his final flight, March 15, 2012. Known as the "fini flight," military aviators have a tradition where after completion of their final flight, aircrew members are met and hosed down with water by their squadron comrades, family and friends.

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YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Col. Otto Feather, 374th Airlift Wing commander, flies over Yokota Air Base, Japan in a UH-1 Huey during his final flight, March 15, 2012. Known as the "fini flight," military aviators have a tradition where after completion of their final flight, aircrew members are met and hosed down with water by their squadron comrades, family and friends.

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