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Airman 1st Class Brody Schneider, 28th Operations Support Squadron air traffic control technician, congratulates Col. Mark Weatherington, 28th Bomb Wing commander, after his final flight at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., March 14, 2013. Col. Kevin Kennedy, currently the director of the Air Force Chief of Staff’s Strategic Studies Group at the Pentagon in Washington D.C., will take the helm of the 28th BW, April 5. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Alystria Maurer/Released)

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Col. Mark Weatherington, 28th Bomb Wing commander, shakes hands with Airmen after completing his end of tour flight at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., March 14, 2013. Many of Weatherington’s fellow Airmen turned out to greet him on the completion of this significant milestone of his career. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Alystria Maurer/Released)

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Col. Mark Weatherington, 28th Bomb Wing commander, taxies a B-1through a water arch near the conclusion of his end of tour flight at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., March 14, 2013. Weatherington, who has served as the 28th BW commander since May 13, 2011, will move to the Pentagon to serve as the military assistant to the Deputy Secretary of Defense, Ashton Carter. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. John Barton/Released)

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Stephanie Weatherington sprays her husband, Col. Mark Weatherington, 28th Bomb Wing commander, after his end of tour flight at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., March 14, 2013. A change of command ceremony will be held April 5, to welcome Ellsworth’s new wing commander, Col. Kevin Kennedy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. John Barton/Released)

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Published March 15, 2013