A helicopter maintainer from the 41st Helicopter Maintenance Unit waits to launch an HH-60G Pave Hawk prior to 23d Wing commander Col Thomas Kunkel’s fini-flight, June 27, 2017, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. The fini-flight is a long-standing Air Force tradition that occurs when a pilot departs from the base. Upon completion of their final flights, military aviators are hosed down with water or champagne by their family and friends before they depart their unit.

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