U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Walter "Paps" Meares, the director of operations for the 169th Operations Group at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, flies his last flight "fini-filight" in a South Carolina Air Naitonal Guard F-16 as a Swamp Fox aviator, May 2, 2015.
His family and friends gather to celebrate his career and participates in the "fini-flight" fighter pilot tradition, marking the end of his twenty-five plus year career. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Caycee Watson/Released). Original public domain image from Flickr