Lt. Col. Kris Airkens, 551st Special Operations Squadron commander, and Senior Master Sgt. Aaron Drain, 551 SOS senior enlisted leader, salute an AC-130W aircraft as it pulls in after a flight at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., April 29, 2021. The squadron, a tenant unit of the 492nd Special Operations Wing, has been at Cannon since July 24, 2009, after its reactivation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Vernon R. Walter III)