Lt. Col. Todd Groomes, 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron commander and pilot, maneuvers a C-17A Globemaster III on final approach towards a runway at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Aug. 29, 2013. Groomes, hailing from Orlando, Fla., is the

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Lt. Col. Todd Groomes, 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron commander and pilot, maneuvers a C-17A Globemaster III on final approach towards a runway at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Aug. 29, 2013. Groomes, hailing from Orlando, Fla., is the 17th Airlift Squadron commander out of Joint Base Charleston, , and was flying his last mission during this deployment.

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