Chief Warrant Officer 5 Joedy VanVelzen smiles for a portrait in a UH-60 Black Hawk in Boone, Iowa Oct. 20, 2022. VanVelzen completed his last flight after serving 40 years as a pilot in the Iowa Army National Guard. Friends, family and the Boone Fire Department came out to celebrate the milestone. Throughout his career, he flew 821 combat hours and 6,454 total hours.

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