C-130 marks new beginning for Connecticut Air Guard's Flying Yankees
Brig. Gen. Jon Mott, Col. Frank Detorie, Maj. Gen. Thad Martin, Connecticut lieutenant governor Nancy Wyman, Connecticut governor Dannel Malloy and Connecticut Congressman John Larson celebrate the unveiling of a C-130H rear stabilizer mock up emblazoned with the Flying Yankees thunderbolt tail flash during a formal roll-out ceremony celebrating the arrival of the unit's newly-assigned airframe at Bradley Air National Guard Base, East Granby, Conn., Oct. 5, 2013. The first of eight C-130H aircraft expected to be assigned to the Connecticut Air National Guard touched down at Bradley September 24. (U.S. Air National Guard photo courtesy of 103rd Airlift Wing Public Affairs)