A New Guy at 19th

Oct. 11, 2006

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Air Education and Training Command installed Maj. Gen. Irving Halter Jr. as commander of 19th Air Force last week during a ceremony at Randolph AFB, Tex. AETC chief, Gen. William Looney, oversaw the flag transfer from Maj. Gen. Marc Rogers to Halter, who had been serving as vice superintendent at the US Air Force Academy. Rogers is slated to become vice commander of US Air Forces in Europe.

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