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Maj. Gen. Craig Wills, 19th Air Force commander, passes the guidon to Col. Craig D. Prather, 47th Flying Training Wing commander, during the virtual wing change of command ceremony at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, July 31, 2020. Prather takes command after serving as the commander of the 1st Joint Special Operations Air Component at Fort Bragg, N.C. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Marco A. Gomez)

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Col. Lee Gentile, 47th Flying Training Wing commander, gives his farewell speech to the Airmen of Team XL during the virtual wing change of command ceremony at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, July 31, 2020. Gentile and his family will continue their Air Force journey at Maxwell AFB, Ala. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Marco A. Gomez)

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Maj. Gen. Craig Wills, 19th Air Force commander, receives the guidon from Col. Lee Gentile, 47th Flying Training Wing commander, during the virtual wing change of command ceremony at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, July 31, 2020. The ceremony was held through a virtual livestream to accommodate necessary precautions due to COVID-19. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Marco A. Gomez)

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Col. Craig D. Prather, 47th Flying Training Wing commander, gives his first speech during the virtual wing change of command ceremony at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, July 31, 2020. Prather takes command after serving as the commander of the 1st Joint Special Operations Air Component at Fort Bragg, N.C. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Marco A. Gomez)

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Col. Craig D. Prather, 47th Flying Training Wing commander, and his family stand in front of a T-6 Texan II before the virtual wing change of command ceremony at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, July 31, 2020. Prather takes command after serving as the commander of the 1st Joint Special Operations Air Component at Fort Bragg, N.C. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Marco A. Gomez)

Col. Craig D. Prather takes command of Team XL at Laughlin AFB

Published July 31, 2020
By Senior Airman Marco A. Gomez
47th Flying Training Wing Public Affairs

LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Maj. Gen. Craig Wills, 19th Air Force commander, passes the guidon to Col. Craig D. Prather, 47th Flying Training Wing commander, during the virtual wing change of command ceremony at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, July 31, 2020. Prather takes command after serving as the commander of the 1st Joint Special Operations Air Component at Fort Bragg, N.C. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Marco A. Gomez)