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14th FTW announces change of command
Posted 6/1/2012 Updated 6/1/2012
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by Sonic Johnson
14th Flying Training Wing Public Affairs
6/1/2012 - COLUMBUS AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. -- The 19th Air Force Commander, Maj. Gen. Mark Solo, will return to Columbus Air Force Base to preside over the 14th Flying Training Wing Change of Command ceremony here on June 27 at 10 a.m.
After two years leading the 14th FTW, Col. Barre Seguin will pass command to Col. Jim Sears, currently the commander of the 20th Operations Group, Shaw AFB, S.C. at a ceremony in the new Aircraft Fuels Maintenance Hangar. Colonel Sears, a command pilot with over 3,100 hours in the C-130, F-16 and T-38 aircraft, was commissioned in 1991 after receiving his degree in Political Science from the United States Air Force Academy.
As Columbus AFB celebrates its 70th anniversary this year, Colonel Sears will become the 37th commander of the military installation and the 22nd commander of the 14th Flying Training Wing.
Colonel Seguin will be assigned to Headquarters Air Force, The Pentagon, as the Executive Officer for the Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force.
"I thank all members of Team BLAZE and our local community for their support and generous hospitality Nancy, our children and me during our nearly two-year assignment," said Seguin. "We have forged lifelong friendships both inside and outside the gate."
All Team BLAZE members are invited to participate in the formal change of command ceremony; event parking signs will direct visitors to parking. Colonel Sears will host a reception following the ceremony at the Columbus Club.
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