Smith takes final flight in C-130J

U.S. Air Force Reserve Maj. Claude Smith, chief of current operations, 913th Operations Support Squadron, is congratulated by his daughter Anna Claire and mother Vide Waller with the traditional wet down after his fini-flight April 5, 2018, at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. The sortie was his last in a C-130J before retiring from the Air Force Reserve after 28 years of faithful military service. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jeff Walston)

U.S. Air Force Reserve Maj. Claude Smith, chief of current operations, 913th Operations Support Squadron, banks his aircraft into a turn over the runway at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., during a traditional “Fini-Flight” April 5, 2018. The sortie was his last in a C-130J before retiring from the Air Force Reserve after 28 years of faithful military service. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jeff Walston)

Anna Claire Smith, daughter of Maj. Claude Smith, marshalls a C-130J Super Hercules piloted by her father April 5, 2018, at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. Smith was completing his last sortie in a C-130J before retiring from the Air Force Reserve after 28 years of faithful military service. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jeff Walston)

U.S. Air Force Reserve Maj. Claude Smith, chief of current operations, 913th Operations Support Squadron, is congratulated after completing the final flight of his military career April 5, 2018, at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. Smith will continue his flying career from Atlanta, Ga., in the MD-88 for Delta Air Lines. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jeff Walston)