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Vol. 66 No. 16
April 22, 2016

Brig. Gen. Leavitt assumes command of 57th WG

By Senior Airman Thomas Spangler U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kevin Tanenbaum

99th Air Base Wing Public Affairs

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. — On April 15,
during a change of command ceremony, Brig. Gen.
Jeannie Leavitt assumed command of the 57th Wing
from Brig. Gen. Christopher Short at the Strike Air-
craft Maintenance Unit hangar on Nellis AFB.

Leavitt, a command pilot with more than 3,000
flight hours, including 300 combat hours, is coming
from the Pentagon where she served as the principal
military assistant to the Secretary of Defense.

She was first stationed here from January to June
1998 during which time she was a student at the
U.S. Air Force Weapons School, Weapons Instructor
Course, F-15E Division.

Her second tour was from June 2001 to August
2003 when she was an F-15E instructor pilot, wing
standardization and evaluation examiner under
the 57th Operations Group, academics flight com-
mander, and finally as assistant operations officer for
academics for the U.S. Air Force Weapons School’s
17th Weapons Squadron.

_______________ See COMMAND, on page 3

Brig. Gen. Jeannie M. Leavitt (right) assumes command
of the 57th Wing from Brig. Gen. Paul A. Welch, U.S. Air
Force Warfare Center vice commander, during a change
of command ceremony at the Strike Aircraft Maintenance
Unit hangar at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., April 15.
Leavitt is responsible for 34 squadrons at 13 installations
constituting the Air Force’s most diverse flying wing.

99th LRS Cargo Movement wins Air Force-level award

By Airman 1st Class Nathan Byrnes toward organizational objectives. It is first time for their accomplishments Just to name a few of their accom-
the fuel that allows common people to in 2015. plishments in 2015, this 19 person shop,
99th Air Base Wing Public Affairs attain uncommon results.” made up of 14 military personnel and five
“Our mission is to provide total force civilian employees, supported all mis-
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. — This statement couldn’t be truer in movement for Nellis AFB, support the sions within Nellis AFBs’ 25,000 square
Andrew Carnegie once stated, “Team- describing the 99th Logistics Readi- large force exercises, force enablers, de- mile “live-fire” test range and provided
work is the ability to work together ness Squadron Cargo Movement Sec- ployments and all the aircraft on base,”
toward a common vision. The ability tion who won the Air Force-Level said Master Sgt. Lucas Brown, 99th LRS _____________See LRS, on page 5
to direct individual accomplishments Defense Packaging Award for the section chief cargo movement.

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