Final flight
Col. Mark Ronco, looking wet after being sprayed with a fire hose following his final flight as an A-10 pilot in the 442nd Fighter Wing, receives congratulations from other wing members July 15, 2007. Colonel Ronco served as an instructor pilot, flight commander, assistant operations officer, squadron commander, group commander and vice wing commander in the wing during his 16-year Air Force Reserve career in the wing. He is slated to become the military liaison to the Kansas emergency management office. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. David Kurle)