Air Force Brig. Gen. Tom Thomas

Air Force Brig. Gen. Tom Thomas, Delaware Air National Guard (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Keith R. Strouss)

Nose goes up so wheels can come down

Senior Master Sgt. Stephen D. Johnson, aircraft mechanic section supervisor, 166th Maintenance Squadron, 166th Airlift Wing, operates a hydraulic jacking manifold at the New Castle Air National Guard Base, Del., Feb. 25, 2013. Sgt. Johnson and his Delaware ANG team are lifting a C-130 in order to work on its main landing gear. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nathan Bright)

Nose goes up so wheels can come down

Staff Sgt. Aaron R. Taylor, and aircraft mechanic work leader with the 166th Maintenance Squadron, 166th Airlift Wing, fills a hydraulic jacking manifold with hydraulic fluid at the New Castle Air National Guard Base, Del., Feb. 25, 2013. Taylor is part of a team of mechanics working to lift a C-130 in order to work on its primary landing gear. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nathan Bright)

Nose goes up so wheels can come down

Airmen 1st Class Melvin Durham (left) and James Wright, aircraft mechanics with the 166th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 166th Airlift Wing, monitor jack stands while a C-130 is being lifted for repairs at the New Castle Air National Guard Base, Del., Feb. 25, 2013. The Delaware ANG maintenance team is lifting the aircraft in order to work on its main landing gear. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nathan Bright)

Delaware Air National Guard Outstanding Senior NCO of the Year FY2012

Master Sgt. Jamie D. Kohr, 142nd Airlift Squadron, 166th Airlift Wing, is the Delaware Air National Guard Outstanding Senior NCO of the Year for FY2012. He was the 166th Airlift Wing Senior NCO for the 4th Quarter FY2012. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nathan Bright)

Delaware Air National Guard Outstanding NCO of the Year FY2012

Technical Sgt. David S. Gazzara, 166th Civil Engineer Squadron, 166th Airlift Wing, is the Delaware Air National Guard Outstanding NCO of the Year for FY2012. He was the 166th Airlift Wing NCO of the Quarter for the 4th Quarter FY2012. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nathan Bright)

Delaware Air National Guard Outstanding Airman of the Year FY2012

Senior Airman Joseph L. Gilford, 166th Civil Engineer Squadron, 166th Airlift Wing, is the Delaware Air National Guard Outstanding Airman of the Year for FY2012. He was the 166th Airlift Wing Airman of the Quarter for the 3rd Quarter of FY2012. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nathan Bright)

Senior Master Sgt. Marcia Price

Senior Master Sgt. Marcia Price, Delaware Air National Guard (Air National Guard photo/Staff Sgt. Nathan Bright)

Colonel David E. Deputy

Colonel David E. Deputy, Delaware Air National Guard (Air National Guard photo/Staff Sgt. Nathan Bright)

2012 class of the International NCO Leadership Development Symposium

NATO class members of the 2012 International NCO Leadership Development Symposium (INLEAD) held July 8-13, 2012 at the Air National Guard Training and Education Center, McGhee-Tyson ANG Base, Tenn. (National Guard photo)

Fifteen Small Air Terminal members return after six-month deployments to Southwest Asia

The International Security Assistance Force patch and the 451st Air Expeditionary Wing patch worn on the left arm of Senior Airman Lacy Porell, 166th Logistics Readiness Squadron, Delaware Air National Guard, at the New Castle ANG Base, Del., on Nov. 13, 2012. Airman Porell deployed to the 451st AEW at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. She is one of 15 members of the 166th LRS who deployed for six-month long missions in 2012 for duty in the aerial ports at two airfields in Afghanistan and at one other base in Southwest Asia in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Matwey)

Fifteen Small Air Terminal members return after six-month deployments to Southwest Asia

Technical Sgt. Steve Porell, Senior Airman Lacy Porell and Senior Master Sgt. Mark Currier, 166th Logistics Readiness Squadron, Delaware Air National Guard, in the Small Air Terminal at the New Castle ANG Base, Del., on Nov. 13, 2012. The Airmen were in-processing after returning home Nov. 8 and completing a six-month deployment. Sgt. Currier deployed to the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia, and Sgt. Porell and Airman Porell deployed to the 451st AEW at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. They are three of 15 members of the 166th LRS who deployed for six-month long missions in 2012 for duty in the aerial ports at two airfields in Afghanistan and at one other base in Southwest Asia in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Matwey)