Milestone flight
SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. - Fire trucks create a water "curtain" over a KC-135 Stratotanker piloted by Lt. Gen. Robert R. Allardice, 18th Air Force Commander, here Sept. 13. The flight took Allardice past the 5,000 flight hour milestone and represented one of his last flights as 18th Air Force Commander. General Allardice hands over command to Lt. Gen. Mark F. Ramsay Sept. 23 as he goes on to his next assignment as Vice Commander of Air Mobility Command. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Airman 1st Class Divine Cox, 375 Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs)