Lt. Col. Gary Caponetti disembarks from his final flight as a 103rd AW pilot and is greeted by jubilant friends and family holding champagne bottles and squirt guns in East Granby, Connecticut, May 3, 2025. Completing a "fini" flight and getting doused in champagne afterwards is a tradition for retiring pilots. [ANG photo by SrA Emme Drummond]
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News: Final Flight, Lifelong Bond: 103rd Pilots Celebrate Retirement Together [2025-05-03]
On Saturday, May 3, the Connecticut Air National Guard’s 103rd Operations Group marked a historic milestone as Lieutenant Colonel Gary Caponetti and Lieutenant Colonel Josh Panis took to the skies one final time.
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