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180717-F-IK176-0069

U.S. Air Force Col. Darren Cole, 305th Air Base Wing commander, exits a KC-10 Extender after flying it for his final flight, also known as a 'Fini Flight,' on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., July 17, 2018. Cole was greeted by his wife, Cassie, and son, Nathan, who commemorated the fini flight by dousing Cole in water and champagne. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Ariel Owings)

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180717-F-IK176-0025

A U.S. Air Force KC-10 Extender piloted by Air Force Col. Darren Cole, 305th Air Mobility Wing commander, taxis on the flightline underneath a water arch during his fini flight on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., July 17, 2018. Cole performed his final flight on Joint Base MDL before traveling to his next assignment at Joint Base Andrews as the director of U.S. Central Command Deployment and Distribution Operations Center and deputy director of USCENTCOM Logistics and Engineering Directorate. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Ariel Owings)

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180717-F-IK176-0041

Nathan Cole, 16, marshals a KC-10 Extender piloted by his father, U.S. Air Force Col. Darren Cole, 305th Air Mobility Wing commander, on the flightline on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., July 17, 2018. The flight was Cole’s last on Joint Base MDL before moving on to his new duty station at Joint Base Andrews. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration by Airman Ariel Owings)

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Can Do Wing commander taxis final MDL flight

Published July 20, 2018
By Airman Ariel Owings
Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Public Affairs

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. -- U.S. Air Force Col. Darren Cole, 305th Air Base Wing commander, exits a KC-10 Extender after flying it for his final flight, also known as a 'Fini Flight,' on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., July 17, 2018. Cole was greeted by his wife, Cassie, and son, Nathan, who commemorated the fini flight by dousing Cole in water and champagne. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Ariel Owings)