Aircraft 64-0559 and two other MC-130E Combat Talon Is stand at the ready on the Duke Field flightline. Aircraft 0559 and 0561 (far left) are two of the four Talons scheduled to be retired by the end of fiscal year 2012 as part of the 919th Special Operations Wing’s remissioning. Eventually, all of the Talons will disappear from the Duke flightline to be replaced by an aviation foreign internal defense aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Samuel King Jr.)