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A first (sigh)

The Air Guard's 18th Airlift Wing announces its first promotion of an African-American to colonel. He's Lt. Col. Ronald McDaniel. From the press release:

As the maintenance group commander, McDaniel oversees more than 175 officer
and enlisted Airmen who repair and maintain the 189th Airlift Wing's fleet of
C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft.

Posted by Leslie Newell Peacock on April 30, 2009 04:53 PM |

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does anyone know where he's from? Doesnt really matter, just curious. that's one first that took quite a long spell to get here, isnt it.

Posted by: tina [TypeKey Profile Page] | April 30, 2009 06:06 PM

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