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Like father, like son

Airman 1st Class Hernando J. Ortega III recites the oath of enlistment during Air Force Basic Military Training graduation parade May 27, 2016, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. Airman Ortega III, graduated from Air Force Basic Military Training, then headed downtown for his father’s retirement ceremony at the Alamo that same afternoon. His father retiring Col. Hernando J. Ortega, Jr., Air Education and Training Command Aerospace Medicine Division chief, also watched his son, Airman Ortega III, graduate from Air Force Basic Military Training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Johnny Saldivar)

PHOTO BY: Johnny Saldivar
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