Lt. Col. Gary Caponetti disembarks from his final flight as a 103rd Airlift Wing pilot and is greeted by jubilant friends and family holding champagne bottles and squirt guns in East Granby, Connecticut, May 3, 2025. Completing a "fini" flight and getting doused in champagne afterwards is a tradition for retiring pilots. Lt. Col. Caponetti celebrated a double retirement with colleague Lt. Col. Josh Panis.
(U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Emme Drummond)
Date Taken: | 05.03.2025 |
Date Posted: | 05.30.2025 15:35 |
Photo ID: | 9071374 |
VIRIN: | 250503-Z-FH878-2153 |
Resolution: | 6048x4024 |
Size: | 11.55 MB |
Location: | EAST GRANBY, CONNECTICUT, US |
Web Views: | 57 |
Downloads: | 2 |
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