Master Sgt. Jean Booth, a loadmaster assigned to the 139th Airlift Squadron, and Tech. Sgt. Brian Hinckley, a crew chief assigned to the 103rd Maintenance Group, complete pre-flight preparations for the first locally-generated sortie aboard a C-130H Hercules aircraft assigned to the 103rd Airlift Wing on 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)