940th Wing assumption of command

Col. Kevin G. Cavanagh, 940th Wing commander, received the 940th Wing flag from Col. Karen Rizzuti, 10th Air Force vice commander, during the unit's assumption of command ceremony. Colonel Cavanagh comes to the 940th from Schriever Air Force Base, Colo. where he served as the 319th Space Wing operations group commander. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Luke Johnson)

940th Services Flight Receives New Commander

Major John Alfter regales the audience as he takes command of the 940th Services Flight at an Assumption of Command ceremony on Feb. 7 at Beale Air Force Base, Calif. Applauding Major Alfter's comments are 940th Mission Support Group Commander, Lt. Col. Kenneth Baker, and SVF Superintendent, Chief Master Sgt. Frederick Reese, (U.S. Air Force photo/MSgt Bryan Nicolos)

940th ARW relinquishment and assumption of command ceremony

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- 940th Air Refueling Wing Commander, Air Force Reservist Col. Albert M. Reif renders his last salute as commander of the 940th ARW to Maj. Gen. Robert Duignan, Commander 4th Air Force at the 940th ARW relinquishment and assumption of command ceremony Sept. 13, 2008. The ceremony officially ended the aerial refueling operations for the 940th ARW by deactivating the 940th Maintenance Group and 314th Air Refueling Squadron, which flew the KC-135 Stratotankers. Col. Albert M. Reif relinquished command of the 940th ARW to Col. Jeffery T. Mineo and the wing officially transferred from the 4th Air Force to the 10th Air Force. (U.S. Air Force Photo/ Tech. Sgt Brandie Brockett)

940th ARW relinquishment and assumption of command ceremony

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- 940th Air Refueling Wing Vice Commander, Air Force Reservist Col. David Mitchell leads the troops in formation at the 940th ARW relinquishment and assumption of command ceremony Sept. 13, 2008. The ceremony officially ended the aerial refueling operations for the 940th ARW by deactivating the 940th Maintenance Group and 314th Air Refueling Squadron, which flew the KC-135 Stratotankers. Also during the ceremony, Col. Albert M. Reif relinquished command of the 940th ARW to Col. Jeffery T. Mineo and the wing officially transferred from the 4th Air Force to the 10th Air Force. (U.S. Air Force Photo/ Tech. Sgt Brandie Brockett)

New era begins for Reserve wing

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- July 13, 2008, Chief Master Sgt. John Erwin, 940th Mainenance Squadron superintendent, presented CMSgt. Stu Bisland, 940th Maintenance Group production supervisor, with the gift that Chief Bisland has given away many times already, to departing members of their organzation. Under the direction of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure, the tanker operations and maintenance functions here stand down with the transfer of the KC-135s to Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C. All the maintenance personnel have found new positions as the 940th Air Refueling Wing looks to the future as a classic associate unit, partnering with the regular Air Force in intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. A Relinquishment and Assumption of Command Ceremony to include deactivation of the maintenance and tanker operations is scheduled here Sept. 13, 2008. (US Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Ellen L. Hatfield)

Maj. Gen. Sidney Novaresi part of Reserve history

Maj. Gen. Sidney Novaresi, former commander of the 940th Military Airlift Group, the forerunner of the 940th Air Refueling Wing, is flanked in this 1978 picture by, left, Col. Charles B. Coleman, and, right, Col. James C. Wahleithner. They were at the dedication of the 403rd Rescue and Weather Reconnaissance Wing at Keesler AFB, Miss. Today, Col. (later Maj. Gen.) Wahleithner's son, Staff Sgt. Jared Wahleithner, serves as a boom operator for the 314th Air Refueling Squadron, Beale AFB, Calif. General Novaresi commanded the 314th in 1960 when it was a Troop Carrier Squadron at McClellan AFB. (U.S. Air Force Photo)