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552nd Training Group Change of Command Col. James Ord 552nd, accepts command of the 552nd Training Group from Col. Kenneth Voigt 552nd, Air Control Wing commander, during a change of command ceremony, June 28, 2024 at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. The 552nd Training Group is the center of development for command and control operators and joint Airmen warriors. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Adrian Salazar) -
552nd Training Group Change of Command From left to right Col. Kenneth Voigt 552nd Air Control Wing commander, Col. Kendrick Carroll, former 552nd Training Group Commander and Col. James Ord 552nd, Training Group Commander, salute for the presentation of the colors during a change of command ceremony June 28, 2024 on Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. The 552nd Training Group is the center of development for command and control operators and joint Airmen warriors. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Adrian Salazar) -
552nd Training Group Change of Command Col. Kendrick Carroll, relinquishes command of the 552nd Training Group to Col. Kenneth Voigt 552nd, Air Control Wing commander, during a change of command ceremony June 28, 2024, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. Carroll ended his tenure as commander after two years of leading the 552nd Training Group. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Adrian Salazar) -
552nd Training Group Change of Command Col. Kenneth Voigt, 552nd Air Control Wing commander, pins Col. Kendrick Carroll, former 552nd Training Group commander, with the Legion of Merit award for his exceptional meritorious conduct as the former 552nd TRG commander, June 28, 2024, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. As the former commander of the 552nd TRG, Carroll managed more than 500 permanent party and TDY students and oversaw the creation and editing of E-3G training syllabi. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Adrian Salazar) -
552nd Training Group Change of Command Col. James Ord 552nd, Training Group commander, thanks Col. Kendrick Carroll, former 552nd Training Group commander, during a change of command ceremony, June 28, 2024, at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. Ord as the new TRG commander assumed command of the 966th Airborne Air Control Squadron, the 552nd Training Support Squadron and the 436th Training Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Adrian Salazar)
Col. James Ord succeeded Col. Kendrick Carroll as commander of the 552nd Training Group in a change of command ceremony held here June 28, 2024.
Col. Ken Voigt, 552nd Air Control Wing commander, presided.
Ord is coming from Barksdale Air Force Base where he led the operational command for Global Strike in the 608th Air Operations Center but this is not his first assignment to Tinker.
“He is no stranger to Team Tinker and no stranger to America’s Wing and we are truly excited to have him back in our family,” said Voigt. “I look forward to seeing your vision, your drive and your energy and seeing where it takes the TRG.”
After receiving the guidon and accepting command of the 552nd TRG Ord addressed his new group,
“I’m so excited for this opportunity, battle management command and control is the key at all levels, strategic, operational, and tactical. The way that this team trains is important because you provide guidance, risk assessment and then when it comes you provide direction to our warfighters and it has to be right every single time, and it will be with this team.”
As he relinquished command Carroll gave his final thoughts.
“What matters is you must know that you are a contributor to the greatest air force that this planet has ever seen,” said Carroll. “It’s been the honor of my career to serve as your commander, and I am extremely humbled to have had this opportunity to leave you with an irrefutable fact. The 552nd is America’s Wing, America does not go to war without it.”