(Right to left) Maj. Kevin Higginbotham, 326th AS, along with Capt. Paul Scambos, 3rd Airlift Squadron and Maj. Justin Riddle, 3rd AS learn about the fabrication of the C-17 aircraft during a production facility tour May 30. The combined 436th and 512th Airlift Wings crew arrived in Long Beach, Calif. May 29 and will assume ownership of Dover Air Force Base's first C-17, the Spirit of the Constitution, May 31. The crew will fly the C-17 to Dover for the arrival ceremony June 4. (U.S. Air Force photo/2nd Lt. Nicki Langley)
(Flight suits left to right) Master Sgt. Steve Rucker, 3rd Airlift Squadron, Maj. Kevin Higginbotham, 326th AS, Master Sgt. Mike Wright, 326th AS, Capt. Paul Scambos, 3rd Airlift Squadron, and Maj. Justin Riddle, 3rd AS, listen intently as Ken VanderHorst, Boeing, provides information about C-17 production during a tour at Boeing's Long Beach, Calif., facility Wednesday. This crew arrived in Long Beach May 29 and will assume ownership of Dover Air Force Base's first C-17 May 31. (U.S. Air Force photo/2nd Lt. Nicki Langley)