Col. Jeffery Patton, 49th Operations Group commander speaks at the 491st Attack Squadron's activation and assumption of command ceremony, May 8, 2019, on Hancock Field Air National Guard Base, N.Y. Lt. Col. Randall Noel, 491st ATKS commander, formerly led the 6th and 16th Attack Squadrons on Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., as the Director of Operations, and Patton said his credibility to the group’s mission to operate, educate and innovate, makes him a leader the squadron and the students can look up to. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kindra Stewart)