Capt. Rachel Leimbach, a navigator assigned to the 139th Airlift Squadron, Maj. Josh Panis, a pilot assigned to the 118th Airlift Squadron, Lt. Col. Kenneth LaTona, acting commander of the 103rd Operations Group and Lt. Col. Steve Yandik, aircraft commander from the 139th Airlift Squadron, walk across a wintery flightline moments before the launch of the first locally-generated sortie aboard a C-130H Hercules aircraft Dec. 19, 2013, at Bradley Air National Guard Base, East Granby, Conn. The aircrew was comprised of Airmen from the Connecticut Air National Guard, the New York Air National Guard and the U.S.A.F. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Bryon Turner)