Airframe: A1C Alejandra Vargas, 36th Airlift Squadron C-130 Hercules loadmaster, pushes a bundle during Operation Christmas Drop at Andersen AFB, Guam, Dec. 5, 2016. Australian and Japanese aircrews joined US? airmen to execute the humanitarian aid/disaster relief training event where C-130 aircrews perform low-cost, low-altitude airdrops to drop zones while providing critical supplies to 56 islands. (Air Force photo by SrA. Delano Scott.) (Click on image above to reach wallpaper version.)
Airmen basic rarely go on to become four-star generals, but one who did retired last week after a 42 year career that saw him rise from a lowly slick-sleeve to the head of one of the Air Force’s most important major commands.