Local school girls attend Women in Aviation Career Day

A member of the 315th Airlift Wing shows a Charleston area girl how a floatation device works just before going on a tour of a C-17 aircraft at Joint Base Charleston, SC, March 26. Nearly 140 eighth and ninth grade-girls from Charleston area schools visited to learn about jobs in aviation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Scott Mathews)

Local school girls attend Women in Aviation Career Day

Master Sgt. Barbara Brown, 315th Sustainment Services Flight, talks to attendees about her military and civilian jobs, March 26 at Joint Base Charleston, SC. Nearly 140 eighth and ninth grade-girls from Charleston area schools visited to learn about jobs in aviation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Scott Mathews)

local girls meet Charleston's women in aviation

Tech. Sgt. Sheryl Sorensen, 315th Aerospace Medicine Squadron, teaches Fort Dorchester Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps member Jaquanna King how to insert a syringe into a blood draw training arm at the 2013 Women in Aviation Career Day. (U.S. Air Force Reserve photo by Michael Dukes)

Local school girls attend Women In Aviation Career Day

Capt. Molly Sanford, 315th Airlift Wing pilot, talks to girls on the flight line just before a tour of the C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at Joint Base Charleston, SC, March 26. Nearly 140 eighth and ninth grade-girls from Charleston area schools visited to learn about jobs in aviation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Scott Mathews)

Fingar fini flight

Col. Russell Fingar, 315th Airlift Wing vice commander, is sprayed by water from family and friends during his fini flight celebration March 23, 2013 at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. Fingar’s fini flight was a salute to his more than 26 years of service in the U.S. Air Force, and he will officially retire from the USAF April 01, 2013. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Shane Ellis)

Fingar fini flight

Col. Russell Fingar’s grandson puts wands in motion and marshals Fingar’s C-17 Globemaster III to a stop March 23, 2013 at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. The colonel’s final military flight was celebrated by a host of friends and family members and served as a salute to Fingar and his more than 26 years of service in the U.S. Air Force. Fingar will officially retire from the USAF April 01, 2013. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Shane Ellis)