Air Force Col. Douglas Thies, 20th Operations Group commander, prepares to fist bump Col. David Vaclavik, 20th Mission Support Group commander, prior to a familiarization flight at Shaw Air Force Base, , May 30, 2017. Thies flew Vaclavik, who has been his friend since college, on a familiarization flight training mission in an F-16D Fighting Falcon.

---

Size: 1731px × 1155px
Photo credit: © Ted Small / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: #friendship, #leadership, #rotc, #texas, #wearewingmen, #wingmanship, &, air, america, archive, armed, army, defence, force, forces, military, navy, reportage, service, serviceman, servicemen, soldier, states, united, university, usa