USAFE Change of Command
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz; Gen. Sir Richard Shirreff, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, Europe; Gen. Carter Ham, U.S. Africa Command commander; Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, outgoing U.S. Air Forces in Europe commander; and Gen. Philip Breedlove, the incoming USAFE commander, stand for the presentation of the colors during the change of command ceremony on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, July 31, 2012. During the ceremony, Welsh relinquished command after providing command and control for air, space and missile defense of activities in an area of operations covering almost one-fifth of the globe, which includes 51 countries in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and the Arctic and Atlantic oceans. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Daylena Gonzalez)