Master Sgt. Jean Booth, a loadmaster assigned to the 139th Airlift Squadron, completes pre-flight preparations before embarking on 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)