45th Airlift Squadron deactivates
Lt. Col. Scott Nishwitz, left, 45th Airlift Squadron commander, and Major John Chan, 45th AS, slip a cover over the squadron guidon during the deactivation ceremony in Hangar 4 July 15. Col. Michael Bauer, 314th Operations Group commander, Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., looks on. The 45th AS was a geographically-separated unit assigned to the 314th Airlift Wing at Little Rock. The last C-21 pilot instructors graduated June 24. The new C-21 schoolhouse stands up in the 458th Airlift Squadron at Scott AFB, Ill. (U.S Air Force photo by Adam Bond)