Airlift honored
RHEIN-MAIN AIR BASE, Germany -- At the official closing ceremony of this base Oct. 10, (from left) Air Mobility Command vice commander Lt. Gen. Christopher A. Kelly, retired Lt. Col. Gail Halvorsen and Col. Bradley Denison, 469th Air Base Group commander, christen a C-17 Globemaster III the "Spirit of Rhein-Main." The aircraft is from McChord Air Force Base, Wash. Sixty years after operations started here, the Air Force will turn the base over to the Frankfurt Airport Authority. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. John E. Lasky)