Command announces seniro officer assignments, retirements

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Air Combat Command officials announced the following senior officer retirements and assignments:


Col. Brian T. Bishop, chief, Flight Operations Division, HQ ACC, Langley AFB, will become commander, 8th Fighter Wing, Kunsan Air Base, South Korea.

Col. Michael A. Keltz, commander of the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing, Southwest Asia, will become chief, Special Operations Division, Special Operations Command, MacDill AFB, Fla.

Col. Timothy L. Hale, 16th Special Operations Wing vice commander at Hurlburt Field, Fla., will become commander of the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia.

Col. Joseph D. Brown IV, commander, 28th Bomb Wing, Ellsworth AFB S.D., will become chief, Nuclear Plans and Operations Section, for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization at Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe in Belgium.

Col. Jeffry F. Smith, commander, 608th Air Operations Group, Barksdale AFB La., will become commander, 28th Bomb Wing, Ellsworth AFB, S.D.

Col. Kenneth R. Dorner, 377th Air Base Wing inspector general, Kirtland AFB, N.M., will become commander, 608th Air Operations Group, Barksdale AFB, La.

Col. Larry K. Grundhauser, commander, 480th Intelligence Wing, Langley AFB, will become deputy chief of staff, HQ North American Aerospace Defense Command and HQ United States Northern Command, Peterson AFB, Colo.

Col. Yulin G. Bingle, commander, 548th Intelligence Group, Beale AFB, Calif., will become commander, 480th Intelligence Wing, Langley AFB.

Lt. Col. Teresa L. Fitzpatrick, a student at the National Defense University, Ft McNair, D.C., will become commander, 548th Intelligence Group, Beale AFB, Calif.

Col. Darryl W. Burke, 9th Reconnaissance Wing vice commander, Beale AFB, Calif., will become commander, 380th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia.

Col. Domenick M. Eanniello, deputy chief of the Reconnaissance Operations Division at the Pentagon will become vice commander, 9th Reconnaissance Wing, Beale AFB, Calif.

Col. John D. Daly, vice commander of the 55th Wing, Offutt AFB, Neb., will retire in October.

Col. Curtiss R. Petrek, commander of 509th Operations Group, Whiteman AFB, Mo, will become vice commander, 55th Wing, Offutt AFB, Neb.

Col. Robert E. Wheeler, division chief and senior military aide in Vienna, Austria, will become commander, 509th Operations Group, Whiteman AFB, Mo.

Col. Andrew W. Papp, vice commander, 49th Fighter Wing, Holloman AFB N.M. will become Defense and Air Attach in Honduras.

Col. David A. Moore, the director, Executive Review Secretariat, Pentagon, Va. will become vice commander, 49th Fighter Wing, Holloman AFB, N.M.

Col. Robert T. Marlin, vice commander, 67th Information Operations Wing, Lackland AFB, Texas, will become Deputy Director for Surveillance And Reconnaissance, HQ USAF, Pentagon, Va.

Col. Clark A. Kelly, commander of the 692d Information Operations Group, Hickam AFB, Hawaii will become vice commander of the 67th Information Operations Wing, Lackland AFB, Texas.

Col. Jacqueline S. Walsh, chief, Space and Advanced Programs Division, Lackland AFB, Texas, will become commander of the 692nd Information Operations Group, Hickam AFB, Hawaii.

Col. Robert E. Chapman Ii, 609th Air Operations Group commander, Shaw AFB, S.C. will become director, Congressional Budget and Appropriations Liaison, Pentagon, Va.

Col. Douglas Erlenbusch, director, Doctrine Deployment, Air Force Doctrine Center, Maxwell AFB, Ala., will become 609th Air Operations Group commander, Shaw AFB, S.C.

Col. Johnny B. Smith, 57th Maintenance Group commander at Nellis AFB, Nev. will become chief, Aircraft Division, HQ ACC, Langley AFB.

Lt. Col. Robert L. Swale, 57th Maintenance Group deputy commander, Nellis AFB, Nev., will become 57th Maintenance Group commander.

Col. Gregory J. Rattray, director of Cyber Security, National Security Council, White House, Washington DC, will become 318th Information Operations Group commander, Lackland AFB, Texas.

Col. Robert F. Wright Jr., commander, 55th Communications Group, Offutt AFB, Neb. will become deputy director Logistics and Communication, Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, Colo.

Col. Sheron L. Bellizan, deputy manager, National Communications Systems, Arlington, Va., will become commander, 55th Communications Group, Offutt AFB, Neb.

Col. Alan D. Newton, 55th Medical Group commander, Offutt AFB, Neb., will retire in September.

Col. Dan R. Hansen, 435th Medical Group deputy commander, Ramstein AB, Germany, will become 55th Medical Group commander, Offutt AFB, Neb.