Before a crowd of approximately 350 guests and several dignitaries described as a “Logistics Hall of Fame,” Lt. Gen. Donald E. “Gene” Kirkland became commander of the Air Force Sustainment Center Aug. 7 in Bldg. 3001 at Tinker Air Force Base.
“I am sitting on hallowed ground when we talk about sustainment in our Air Force,” said General Ellen Pawlikowski, who officiated the AFSC change of command as one of her final ceremonies prior to her own retirement. “I feel confident we’ve got another in our great line of logisticians that’s going to step up and lead this center to even greater heights than where it is today.”
Kirkland most recently served as Director of Logistics, Deputy Chief of Staff for...
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