New AWACS SQ/CC
Lt. Col. Brent Vander Pol (right) receives the 970th Airborne Air Control Squadron guidon from presiding officer, Col. Jeffrey McGalliard, 513th Air Control Group Commander in a change of command ceremony here April 5. Vander Pol now commands the Air Force’s only reserve Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Caleb Wanzer)