Colonel Pittman takes reins of 302nd AW

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  • By Tech. Sgt. Daniel Butterfield
  • 302nd Airlift Wing Public Affairs
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- --  Col. Jack H. Pittman, Jr., assumed command of the 302nd Airlift Wing during a change of command ceremony Jan. 9 here. Colonel Pittman, formerly the Director of Intel, Air, Space and Information Operations at 22nd Air Force, Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga., said after his family, the wing is his priority. 

"I will do my job to give you everything I've got, for the entire time I'm here," said the colonel. "Our job is to train and equip each and every member of this organization to serve in their career field with honor, and the skill when called upon to fight. That's what you have done all along, and that's what we'll continue to do." 

Maj. Gen. Martin M. Mazick, commander of 22nd AF, who presided over the ceremony, said, "302nd, you needed my best, and you got it. He (Colonel Pittman) is a leader who works with facts. He's level-headed and dedicated to our mission." 

The outgoing commander, Col. James J. Muscatell, Jr., leaves the 302nd to assume command of the 403rd Wing, based at Keesler AFB, Miss. There, he will command the country's only Air Force weather reconnaissance unit, nicknamed the "Hurricane Hunters." The unit is tasked with providing surveillance of tropical storms and hurricanes in the Atlantic, Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and Central Pacific for the National Hurricane Center. 

Before taking his first wing command at the 302nd, and working for General Mazick's staff, Colonel Pittman was the Deputy Director, Multi-National Forces Iraq, Aerial Component Coordinator Element, U.S. Embassy, Baghdad, Iraq; Commander, 315th Operations Group and Commander, 934th Operations Group. 

He has spent 26 years in the Air Force Reserve and 21 years as an Air Reserve Technician.

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