433rd OG Commander completes fini flight

Members of the 433rd Operations Group greet Col. Adam Willis, 433rd Operations Group commander with a spray of water after his fini flight, Mar. 4, 2014, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. The “fini-flight” is a time-honored military aviation tradition that marks the last flight of a pilot’s time with a squadron. Willis leaves the “Alamo Wing” to be the commander at the 908th Airlift Wing, Maxwell AFB, Ala. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Minnie Jones/Released)

433rd OG Commander completes fini flight

(Left) Lt. Col. John Martino, 733rd Training Squadron commander and (right) Col. Craig Petersen, 433rd Mission Support Group commander present Col. Adam Willis, 433rd Operations Group commander with a memento from the 433rd Airlift Wing after his final flight as OG commander. Willis leaves the “Alamo Wing” for the 908th Airlift Wing, Maxwell AFB, Ala. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Minnie Jones /Released)

433rd OG commander completes fini flight

Published March 5, 2014
By SMSgt Minnie Jones
433rd Airlift Wing

Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland -- In a tradition nearly as old as military aviation itself, Col. Adam Willis, 433rd Operations Group commander, completed his final flight here on March 4, 2014.

The colonel's last flight (fini flight) follows a tradition in which aircrew members, upon completion of their final flight with the wing, are met and hosed down with water by their squadron's comrades, family and friends.

Willis served as the commander of the Operations Group from Sep. 11, 2011 to Feb. 2014, and he leaves the "Alamo Wing" to serve as commander for the 908th Airlift Wing, Maxwell AFB, Ala.