Army Chief Warrant Officer 5 Artis Payton smiles as he’s honored during his Feb. 8 retirement ceremony in Mesa, Arizona. Payton finished his 40-year Army career as an AH-64E helicopter pilot assigned to Defense Contract Management Agency Boeing Mesa. (Boeing photo by Michael Goettings) See more photos of Payton’s retirement on Facebook at www.facebook.com/DefenseContractManagementAgency/