Col. Kurt Gallegos, 301st Operations Group commander (foreground riding in white shirt), rides in the opening processional ceremony of the 2012 Fort Worth Annual Stock Show and Rodeo. Gallegos has been an avid horse rider and champion rodeo rider for more than 30 years. The Fort Worth rodeo is one of the oldest and most widely respected in the country. (U.S. Air Force photo/TSgt Shawn David McCowan)