Photo by Staff Sgt. Greg Biondo | United States Air Forces Central | 04.12.2012
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. James Routt with the 550th Special Operations Squadron, talks with his crew on the last combat mission of his career, Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, April 12, 2012. Routt is currently the oldest active pilot in the Air Force and is augmenting for the 71st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron. The mission of the 71st ERQS is to provide personnel recovery, casualty evacuation......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Greg Biondo | United States Air Forces Central | 04.12.2012
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. James Routt with the 550th Special Operations Squadron, jokes around with his crew on the last combat mission of his career, Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, April 12, 2012. Routt is currently the oldest active pilot in the Air Force and is augmenting for the 71st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron. The mission of the 71st ERQS is to provide personnel recovery, casualty......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Greg Biondo | United States Air Forces Central | 04.12.2012
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. James Routt with the 550th Special Operations Squadron, shares a laugh with his crew on the last combat mission of his career, Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, April 12, 2012. Routt is currently the oldest active pilot in the Air Force and is augmenting for the 71st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron. The mission of the 71st ERQS is to provide personnel recovery, casualty......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Greg Biondo | United States Air Forces Central | 04.12.2012
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. James Routt with the 550th Special Operations Squadron, jokes around with his crew on the last combat mission of his career, Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, April 12, 2012. Routt is currently the oldest active pilot in the Air Force and is augmenting for the 71st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron. The mission of the 71st ERQS is to provide personnel recovery, casualty......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Greg Biondo | United States Air Forces Central | 04.12.2012
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. James Routt with the 550th Special Operations Squadron, flies the last combat mission of his career in a HC-130P, Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, April 12, 2012. Routt is currently the oldest active pilot in the Air Force and is augmenting for the 71st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron. The mission of the 71st ERQS is to provide personnel recovery, casualty evacuation and......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Greg Biondo | United States Air Forces Central | 04.12.2012
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. James Routt a HC-130P pilot with the 550th Special Operations Squadron and Capt. Phillip Varilek with the 71st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, talk during the last combat mission of Routt's career, Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, April 12, 2012. Routt is currently the oldest active pilot in the Air Force and is augmenting for the 71st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron. The......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Greg Biondo | United States Air Forces Central | 04.12.2012
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Mark Hanna, a flight engineer with the 71st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, and Lt. Col. James Routt with the 550th Special Operations Squadron, perform pre-flight checks on their HC-130P, Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, April 12, 2012. Routt is currently the oldest active pilot in the Air Force and is augmenting for the 71st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron. The mission of......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Greg Biondo | United States Air Forces Central | 04.12.2012
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Mark Hanna, a flight engineer with the 71st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, performs pre-flight checks on his HC-130P, Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, April 12, 2012. The mission of the 71st ERQS is to provide personnel recovery, casualty evacuation and aeromedical evacuation assets to hostile locations. The 71st ERQS is the only fixed wing aircraft squadron dedicated to......
