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Selfridge to get new wing commander in November

ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga -- After 16 years on base, the commander of the 434th Operations Group is leaving Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., to command the 927th Air Refueling Wing at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich.

Col. Gary E. Beebe will replace Col. Kenneth D. Suggs in November as commander of the Air Force Reserve Command flying wing. Colonel Suggs will retire from the Air Force Reserve with 32 years of service.

Colonel Beebe joined the Air Force Reserve is August 1989 as an assistant chief pilot in Grissom’s 434th ARW.
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