A deploying Air Guard Captain spends a few final moments with his family before deploying in support of Operation Freedom's Sentinel, while on the flightline of the North Carolina Air National Guard Base, Charlotte Douglas International Airport, Feb. 24, 2017. It is the final deployment using the C-130 model aircraft before the unit transitions to using C-17's.

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