A Kentucky Air National Guard C-130 taxies onto the flight line at the 123rd Airlift Wing in Louisville, Ky., Aug. 12, 2012, as base fire trucks spay water in symbolic salute to Col. Greg Nelson’s final sortie as wing commander here. Nelson, a master navigator, has been named deputy director of strategic plans and policy at the National Guard Bureau in Washington, , where he will serve as a brigadier general. Piloting Nelson’s “fini flight” was Col. Warren Hurst, who will replace Nelson as commander of the 123rd. ( Air Force photo illustration by Maj. Dale Greer)

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