AF bids farewell to Combat Talon I

Col. Destry Rogers, the 919th Special Operations Wing vice commander, sports a Skyhook patch in honor of the Fulton Surface to Air Recovery System as retired Col. Ray Turczynski speaks during the retirement ceremony for the MC-130E Combat Talon I at Duke Field, Fla., April 25. Turcynski spoke about 1980’s Operation Eagle Claw, the attempted mission to rescue hostages in Iran. Aircrew, maintainers and many others turned out to remember and bid farewell to the Talon I on its official retirement from the Air Force. The last five Talons, located at Duke Field, will be delivered to the “boneyard” at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, N.M., by mid-May 2013. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Samuel King Jr.)

AF bids farewell to Combat Talon I

The Eglin Honor Guard presents the colors in the shadow of an MC-130E Combat Talon I during its retirement ceremony at Duke Field, Fla., April 25. Aircrew, maintainers and many others turned out to remember and bid farewell to the Talon I on its official retirement from the Air Force. The last five Talons, located at Duke Field, will be delivered to the “boneyard” at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, N.M., by mid-May 2013. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Samuel King Jr.)

AF bids farewell to Combat Talon I

The Eglin Honor Guard presents the colors in the shadow of an MC-130E Combat Talon I during its retirement ceremony at Duke Field, Fla., April 25. Aircrew, maintainers and many others turned out to remember and bid farewell to the Talon I on its official retirement from the Air Force. The last five Talons, located at Duke Field, will be delivered to the “boneyard” at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, N.M., by mid-May 2013. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Samuel King Jr.)

Ready room

Ruthann Karr, a housekeeper at the Duke Inn and Visiting Quarters, makes a bed prior to the grand-reopening of one of Duke Field’s newest fully renovated lodging facilities March 1, 2013. The renovations corrected decades of substandard lodging for the facilities originally built in the 1950s. (U.S. Air Force photo/Dan Neely)

Grand re-opening

The second of two completely renovated Duke Field lodging buildings re-opened for business March 1, 2013. The renovations corrected decades of substandard lodging for the facilities originally built in the 1950s. (U.S. Air Force photo/Dan Neely)

Grand re-opening

The second of two completely renovated Duke Field lodging buildings re-opened for business March 1, 2013. The renovations corrected decades of substandard lodging for the facilities originally built in the 1950s. (U.S. Air Force photo/Dan Neely)