Air Force Col. Douglas Thies, 20th Operations Group (OG) commander, and Col. David Vaclavik, 20th Mission Support Group commander, wait for their tactical aircraft maintainer to finish an inspection prior to takeoff at Shaw Air Force Base, , May 30, 2017. The two friends had a familiarization flight together prior to Thies passing on the guidon during the 20th OG change of command scheduled for June 30, 2017.

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