Lt. Col. David Merritt, right, accepts the command of the 71st Operations Support Squadron from Col. Glen VanHerck, the 71st Operations Group commander, during a change of command ceremony held May 8 in Hangar 170. Colonel Merritt, previously the 71st OSS director of operations, recently returned from a year-long deployment to Al Dhafra AB, United Arab Emirates. The former 71st OSS commander, Lt. Col. Vincent Losttetter Jr., will be attending the Israeli National Defense College in Tel Aviv, Isreal. (U.S. Air Force photo/Terry Wasson)