(COLORADO SPRINGS) — The 310th Space Wing hosted what may potentially be the last Change of Command Ceremony on Sunday, Sept. 8th, at the U.S. Air Force Academy.
The ceremony took place at the U.S. Air Force Academy on Sunday afternoon with a picnic for service members and their families to celebrate Col. Adam Fisher who will assume command of the wing, which is the only Air Force reserve unit conducting space operations.
“We also combined this event with a picnic where… the members, men and women of the 310 Space Wing, and their families are here enjoying a camaraderie. [It’s] a way to say thanks for their service and what they do for this nation every day that they wear this uniform,” added Col. Fischer.
The 310th Space Wing will cease space operations and be inactivated in the next few years as part of the Space Force Personnel Management Act also known as PMA.
The PMA was passed and signed into law in December 2023, to establish a new service model that offers full and part-time service opportunities under a single component instead of active-duty and reserve components. This is similar to the transition active duty Air Force underwent in 2020.