TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. —
The Oklahoma Metropolis Air Logistics Complicated held a change of command ceremony right here June 27, 2023.
Maj. Gen. Jeffrey R. King relinquished command to Col. Brian R. Moore in a ceremony presided by Lt. Gen. Stacey T. Hawkins, Air Drive Sustainment Heart commander.
“Maj. Gen. King is one essentially the most engaged senior leaders serving on lively responsibility immediately throughout our Air Drive,” mentioned Hawkins. “His sustained excellence over many difficult management exams, each as a commander within the area and as a coverage maker round one of the crucial necessary headquartered employees organizations, has led to spectacular outcomes.”
Moore, no stranger to Tinker, was previously the AFSC Vice Commander from June 2018 to July 2019 in addition to the 552nd Air Management Wing’s Upkeep Group Commander from Aug. 2016 to June 2018.
“It’s becoming to be right here in Constructing 9001 and Constructing 3001 prefer it [because] these amenities are iconic in their very own proper signifying nice industrial energy for greater than 80 years and a crucial a part of our protection,” mentioned Moore. “I can’t consider a greater venue clearly demonstrating superior upkeep, restore and overhaul capability as such a major a part of our protection industrial base and nation’s protection. “To guide this complicated and serve our workforce, a privilege few have been afforded up to now, it’s the honor of a lifetime.”
King, who will subsequent command Air Drive Logistics, took his alternative to thank colleagues and household in the course of the ceremony.
“That is essentially the most welcoming neighborhood during which we’ve lived over these a few years, and y’all have made it particularly exhausting to go away, however all good issues should finish in order that others could start,” King mentioned. “I pray our paths cross once more someday down the street.”
