Vice commander performs final flight

Team Moody members and family of Col. Mark Barrera, 23d Wing vice commander, celebrate the completion of his fini flight from Moody Air Force Base, Ga., May 15, 2017. Upon completion of their final flights, military aviators are hosed down with water by their comrades, family, and friends before they depart their squadron. Barrera will continue his Air Force career by attending the Joint Military Attaché School to become an Air Attaché in Italy. During this tenure, he will act as an embassy liaison with host-nation defense establishments, openly observe and report developments and significant events, and actively participate in national security and operational policy development and coordination. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Greg Nash)

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Children greet their father, Col. Mark Barrera, 23d Wing vice commander, with hoses after his completion of a fini flight from Moody Air Force Base, Ga., May 15, 2017. Upon completion of their final flights, military aviators are hosed down with water by their comrades, family, and friends before they depart their squadron. Barrera will continue his Air Force career by attending the Joint Military Attaché School to become an Air Attaché in Italy. During this tenure, he will act as an embassy liaison with host-nation defense establishments, openly observe and report developments and significant events, and actively participate in national security and operational policy development and coordination. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Greg Nash)

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Col. Mark Barrera, 23d Wing vice commander, taxis through a water arch after performing his fini flight from Moody Air Force Base, Ga. May 15, 2017. Upon completion of their final flights, military aviators are hosed down with water by their comrades, family, and friends before they depart their squadron. Barrera will continue his Air Force career by attending the Joint Military Attaché School to become an Air Attaché in Italy. During this tenure, he will act as an embassy liaison with host-nation defense establishments, openly observe and report developments and significant events, and actively participate in national security and operational policy development and coordination. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Greg Nash)

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Col. Mark Barrera, 23d Wing vice commander, renders a salute prior to performing his fini flight from Moody Air Force Base, Ga., May 15, 2017. Upon completion of their final flights, military aviators are hosed down with water by their comrades, family, and friends before they depart their squadron. Barrera will continue his Air Force career by attending the Joint Military Attaché School to become an Air Attaché in Italy. During this tenure, he will act as an embassy liaison with host-nation defense establishments, openly observe and report developments and significant events, and actively participate in national security and operational policy development and coordination. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Greg Nash)

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Col. Mark Barrera, 23d Wing vice commander, secures his flight helmet prior to performing his fini flight from Moody Air Force Base, Ga., May 15, 2017. Upon completion of their final flights, military aviators are hosed down with water by their comrades, family, and friends before they depart their squadron. Barrera will continue his Air Force career by attending the Joint Military Attaché School to become an Air Attaché in Italy. During this tenure, he will act as an embassy liaison with host-nation defense establishments, openly observe and report developments and significant events, and actively participate in national security and operational policy development and coordination. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Greg Nash)

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Col. Mark Barrera, 23d Wing vice commander, taxis onto the runway to perform his fini flight from Moody Air Force Base, Ga., May 15, 2017. Upon completion of their final flights, military aviators are hosed down with water by their comrades, family, and friends before they depart their squadron. Barrera will continue his Air Force career by attending the Joint Military Attaché School to become an Air Attaché in Italy. During this tenure, he will act as an embassy liaison with host-nation defense establishments, openly observe and report developments and significant events, and actively participate in national security and operational policy development and coordination. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Daniel Snider)

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Col. Mark Barrera, 23d Wing vice commander, prepares to enter an A-10C Thunderbolt II to perform his fini flight from Moody Air Force Base, Ga., May 15, 2017. Upon completion of their final flights, military aviators are hosed down with water by their comrades, family, and friends before they depart their squadron. Barrera will continue his Air Force career by attending the Joint Military Attaché School to become an Air Attaché in Italy. During this tenure, he will act as an embassy liaison with host-nation defense establishments, openly observe and report developments and significant events, and actively participate in national security and operational policy development and coordination. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Daniel Snider)

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Col. Mark Barrera, 23d Wing vice commander, embraces Lt. Col. Sean Hall, 75th Fighter Squadron commander, after completing his fini flight from Moody Air Force Base, Ga., May 15, 2017. Upon completion of their final flights, military aviators are hosed down with water by their comrades, family, and friends before they depart their squadron. Barrera will continue his Air Force career by attending the Joint Military Attaché School to become an Air Attaché in Italy. During this tenure, he will act as an embassy liaison with host-nation defense establishments, openly observe and report developments and significant events, and actively participate in national security and operational policy development and coordination. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Greg Nash)

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Col. Mark Barrera, 23d Wing vice commander, prepares to imprint his feet on a tile, paying tribute to Moody’s 347th Rescue Group, as a part of his fini flight from Moody Air Force Base, Ga., May 15, 2017. Upon completion of their final flights, military aviators are hosed down with water by their comrades, family, and friends before they depart their squadron. Barrera will continue his Air Force career by attending the Joint Military Attaché School to become an Air Attaché in Italy. During this tenure, he will act as an embassy liaison with host-nation defense establishments, openly observe and report developments and significant events, and actively participate in national security and operational policy development and coordination. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Greg Nash)

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Col. Mark Barrera, 23d Wing vice commander, poses with a tile of his feet imprint after completing his fini flight from Moody Air Force Base, Ga., May 15, 2017. Upon completion of their final flights, military aviators are hosed down with water by their comrades, family, and friends before they depart their squadron. Barrera will continue his Air Force career by attending the Joint Military Attaché School to become an Air Attaché in Italy. During this tenure, he will act as an embassy liaison with host-nation defense establishments, openly observe and report developments and significant events, and actively participate in national security and operational policy development and coordination. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Greg Nash)

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The wife of Col. Mark Barrera, 23d Wing vice commander, takes a photo of her husband’s last time flying in a Moody A-10C Thunderbolt II, after completing his fini flight, May 15, 2017, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. Upon completion of their final flights, military aviators are hosed down with water by their comrades, family, and friends before they depart their squadron. Barrera will continue his Air Force career by attending the Joint Military Attaché School to become an Air Attaché in Italy. During this tenure, he will act as an embassy liaison with host-nation defense establishments, openly observe and report developments and significant events, and actively participate in national security and operational policy development and coordination. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Greg Nash)

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Col. Mark Barrera, 23d Wing vice commander, talks to Airman 1st Class Jesse Acevedo, 75th Fighter Squadron crew chief, before his fini flight from Moody Air Force Base, Ga., May 15, 2017. Upon completion of their final flights, military aviators are hosed down with water by their comrades, family, and friends before they depart their squadron. Barrera will continue his Air Force career by attending the Joint Military Attaché School to become an Air Attaché in Italy. During this tenure, he will act as an embassy liaison with host-nation defense establishments, openly observe and report developments and significant events, and actively participate in national security and operational policy development and coordination. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Daniel Snider)

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Vice commander performs final flight

Published May 17, 2017
By Senior Airman Greg Nash
23d Wing

MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. --

Team Moody celebrated Col. Mark Barrera’s, 23d Wing vice commander, completion of his final flight, or "fini flight," from Moody Air Force Base, Ga., May 15, 2017.

Upon completion of their final flights, military aviators are hosed down with water by their comrades, family, and friends before they depart their squadron.

Barrera will continue his Air Force career by attending Joint Military Attaché School to become an Air Attaché in Italy. During this tenure, he will act as an embassy liaison with host-nation defense establishments, openly observe and report developments and significant events, and actively participate in national security and operational policy development and coordination.