SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill, -- Air Mobility Command officials have announced the following senior officer and senior leader assignments:
Col. Michael J. Basla, director of communications, information and chief information officer, Headquarters AMC, will become deputy director, Operations Support Modernization, Deputy Chief of Staff, Warfighting Integration, Headquarters Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, D.C. Colonel Basla was recently selected for promotion.
Col. Walter J. Tomczak, chief, Operations Plans Division, Directorate of Operations, Headquarters AMC, will become professor of aerospace studies, AFROTC Detachment 205, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Ill., effective June.
Col. Kenneth F. Hollenbeck, chief, Military Personnel Programs Division, Directorate of Personnel, Headquarters AMC, will become professor of aerospace studies, AFROTC Detachment 28, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Ariz., effective July.
Lt. Col. Donald J. Halpin, global mobility champion, Operational Capability Requirements Directorate, Headquarters Air Force, Pentagon, will become vice commander, 6th Air Mobility Wing, MacDill AFB, Fla., effective July. He was recently selected for promotion.
Lt. Col. Lee E. Deremer, senior joint strategic planner, Joint Doctrine Division Support Group, Joint Staff, Pentagon, will become commander, 319th Operations Group, Grand Forks AFB, N.D., effective June. He was recently selected for promotion and will replace Col. Cathy Clothier.
Lt. Col. Vincent F. Dangelo, deputy commander, Space Operations Squadron, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, Colo., will become chief, Operations Systems Management Division, Directorate of Communications and Information Management, Headquarters AMC, effective May. He was recently selected for promotion and will replace Col. David Pistilli.
Lt. Col. David T. Hocking, commander, 6th Medical Operations Squadron, MacDill AFB, will become deputy commander, 35th Medical Group, Misawa Air Base, Japan, effective September. He was recently selected for promotion
Col. Robert A. Williamson, chief of the Medical Staff, 89th Medical Group, Andrews AFB, Md., will replace Colonel Hocking, effective July.
Col. Margaret Matarese, commander, 374th Medical Group, Yokota AB, Japan, will become AMC Senior Flight Surgeon, Office of the Surgeon General, Headquarters AMC, effective August.
Col. Charles W. Beadling, commander, 375th Medical Group, Scott AFB, will replace Colonel Matarese, effective July.
Col. William R. English, commander, 436th Medical Group, Dover AFB, Del., will replace Colonel Beadling, effective July.
Col. Darnell M. Waun, chief, Healthcare Operations Division and Chief Nurse, Office of the Surgeon General, Headquarters AMC, will replace Colonel English, effective June.
Lt. Col. Gloria J. Twilley, deputy chief, Medical Operations Policy, Air Force Medical Operations Agency, Bolling AFB, Washington, D.C., will replace Colonel Waun, effective June. She was recently selected for promotion.