3rd Wing implements new maintenance structure, activates fighter generation squadrons
U.S. Air Force Col. Christopher Tooman, 3rd Maintenance Group commander, and Maj. Gabriel Byrd, 27th Fighter Generation Squadron director of operations, Joint-Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, uncase the squadron guidon for the newly activated 525th Fighter Generation Squadron during a deactivation and activation ceremony in Hangar 25 on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, June 15, 2023. This ceremony celebrated the deactivation of the 3rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, and the activations of the 90th and 525th fighter generation squadrons. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña)