127 ARG's Hall makes final flight
Summary
SELFRIDGE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Mich.-- Senior Master Sgt. George Hall, a boom operator with the 171st Air Refueling Squadron here, is sprayed with water by his sons after making his final flight on October 2, 2020. Upon completion of the last flight prior to retirement, aircrew members are unceremoniously hosed down with water by their peers, family and friends in a tradition endearingly referred to as the, “Fini Flight." The tradition is said to date back to World War II, but was first documented during the Vietnam War when a flight crew celebrated completion of their first 100 sorties by dousing one another with beer.
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Date
02/10/2020
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Defense Visual Information Distribution Service
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