Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Christopher Whitcomb, 145th Operations Group, hugs his family after completing his final flight at the North Carolina Air National Guard Base, Charlotte Douglas International Airport, Dec. 2, 2017. Whitlock has served for 37 years and has 10,000 flying hours as a loadmaster.

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