Photo by Tech. Sgt. Juliet Louden | 910th Airlift Wing | 05.11.2023
Col. Jeff Van Dootingh, 910th Airlift Wing commander, sits in the navigator seat on the flight deck of a C-130H Hercules aircraft during a recent flight, somewhere above Northeast Ohio. Van Dootingh recently retired after 38 years of military service including 20 years spent serving at the 910th. (U.S. Air Force by Tech. Sgt. Juliet Louden)...
Photo by Tech. Sgt. Juliet Louden | 910th Airlift Wing | 05.06.2023
Col. Jeff Van Dootingh, 910th Airlift Wing commander, and his military family pose for a photo in front of a C-130H Hercules aircraft after finishing his “fini-flight” at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, May 6, 2023. A “fini-flight” is a military aviation tradition which marks the final flight of an aircrew member and involves being sprayed down with water and champagne by family......
Photo by Tech. Sgt. Juliet Louden | 910th Airlift Wing | 05.06.2023
Col. Jeff Van Dootingh, 910th Airlift Wing commander, poses for a photo in front of a C-130H Hercules aircraft with his family and military members after finishing his “fini-flight” at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, May 6, 2023. A “fini-flight” is a military aviation tradition which marks the final flight of an aircrew member and involves being sprayed down by water and......
Photo by Tech. Sgt. Juliet Louden | 910th Airlift Wing | 04.02.2023
Col. Jeff Van Dootingh, 910th Airlift Wing commander, checks an Airman’s identification card at the front gate at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, April 2, 2023. Van Dootingh participated in his final front gate greeting before his retirement after 38 years of military service including 20 years spent serving at the 910th. (U.S. Air Force by Tech. Sgt. Juliet Louden)...
Courtesy Photo | 910th Airlift Wing | 03.10.2023
Col. Jeff Van Dootingh, 910th Airlift Wing commander, poses for a photo at the South Pole on the continent of Antarctica during an Air Force Reserve Mission in December 2000. Van Dootingh recently retired after 38 years of military service including 20 years spent serving at the 910th. (Courtesy photo)...
Courtesy Photo | 910th Airlift Wing | 07.07.2022
Col. Jeff Van Dootingh, 910th Airlift Wing commander, poses in front of Ford Tri-Motor aircraft, much like the one that inspired the course of his life, at the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport, July 7, 2022. Van Dootingh recently retired after 38 years of military service including 20 years spent serving at the 910th. (Courtesy photo)...
Photo by Staff Sgt. Noah Tancer | 910th Airlift Wing | 06.06.2021
Maj. Gen. John Healy, commander of 22nd Air Force, and Col. Jeff Van Dootingh, incoming commander of the 910th Airlift Wing, stand at attention between the flags for the singing of the national anthem and presentation of the colors during the 910th AW assumption of command ceremony on June 6, 2021, at Youngstown Air Reserve Station. Van Dootingh has already spent 17 years of his 36-year Air......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Noah Tancer | 910th Airlift Wing | 06.06.2021
Maj. Gen. John Healy, commander of 22nd Air Force, hands command of the 910th Airlift Wing to Col. Jeff Van Dootingh during the 910 AW assumption of command ceremony on June 6, 2021, at Youngstown Air Reserve Station. Van Dootingh has already spent 17 years of his 36-year Air Force career at YARS, filling a variety of positions between 1991 and 2008, now returning after 13 years to take......
