Saber completes final flight

Released yesterday by 52nd Fighter Wing Public Affairs:



3/19/2010 - SPANGDAHELM AIR BASE, Germany – Lt. Col. Joseph Less, 52nd Operations Group deputy commander, taxies an A-10 Thunderbolt II through an arch of water on the flightline after his final flight as a member of the U.S. Air Force March 18, 2010. Colonel Less has flown more than 3,800 hours with the Air Force since becoming a pilot in 1988. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Benjamin Wilson) Hi-res



3/19/2010 - SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany – Lt. Col. Joseph Less, 52nd Operations Group deputy commander, smiles at the controls of an A-10 Thunderbolt II on the flightline after his final flight as a member of the U.S. Air Force March 18, 2010. Colonel Less has flown more than 3,800 hours with the Air Force since becoming a pilot in 1988. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Benjamin Wilson) Hi-res



3/19/2010 - SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany – Friends and family of Lt. Col. Joseph Less, 52nd Operations Group deputy commander, spray him with water on the flightline after his final flight as a member of the U.S. Air Force March 18, 2010. Colonel Less has flown more than 3,800 hours with the Air Force since becoming a pilot in 1988. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Benjamin Wilson) Hi-res

Note the 17 OEF mission markings just below the windshield.

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