Photo By Senior Airman Chevelle Gauntlett | The National Air and Space Intelligence Center welcomes incoming director of the Measurements and Signatures Intelligence Analysis Squadron (GSM), Dr. John D. Ellinger, during an assumption of leadership ceremony at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Jan. 23, 2026. GSM reports on the distinctive characteristics of modern weapons systems as well as providing radar, electro-optical and fused products to intel community. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Chevelle K. Gauntlett) see less
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Measurements and Signatures Intelligence Analysis Squadron conducts assumption of leadership
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Dr. John D. Ellinger assumed leadership of the National Air and Space Intelligence Center’s Measurements and Signatures Intelligence Analysis Squadron as its new director during a ceremony at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Jan. 23, 2026.
In the ceremony, Col. Zarine E. Malesra, Geospatial Signatures and Intelligence Group commander, highlighted Dr. Ellinger’s leadership ability to guide the squadron as it continues its vital national security mission. Much like an assumption of command, the assumption of leadership ceremony is a time-honored tradition representing the formal transfer of authority and responsibility within a military unit.
