MSG welcomes new leader Published Feb. 28, 2007 By Staff Sgt. Derrick M. Gildner 302nd Airlift Wing Public Affairs PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (AFRC) -- The 302nd Mission Support Group assumption of command reared in a new commander during the February unit training assembly. Lieutenant Col. Michael P. Burns took command of the 302nd MSG in an assumption-of-command ceremony officiated by Col. James J. Muscatell Jr., 302nd Airlift Wing commander. Colonel Burns comes from the 315th Mission Support Squadron, Charleston Air Reserve Base, S.C., where he served as commander. He succeeds Lt. Col. Melinda Clearwater, 302nd AW performance planner, who served as interim MSG commander. Colonel Burns also served under Colonel Muscatell at the 934th Airlift Wing, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport Air Reserve Station, Minneapolis, Minn., from May 2002 to May 2004 as the executive officer.