82 TRW has three selected for command positions; one for AETC CAG

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  • By Dan Hawkins
  • 82nd Training Wing Public Affairs
SHEPPARD AIR FORCE BASE, Texas --  Three officers from the 82nd Training Wing were selected for squadron and group command positions, while one other officer was selected for the Air Education and Training Command (AETC) Commander's Action Group (CAG) in an announcement released by the Air Force Personnel Center Jan. 24.

Lt. Col. Barton Kenerson, 361st Training Squadron commander and Lt. Col. Todd Wydra, 363rd Training Squadron, were selected for deputy group commander slots.

Maj. Robert Moore, 82nd Security Forces Squadron commander, was selected for command of the 75th Security Forces Squadron at Hill Air Force Base in northern Utah.

Additionally, Lt. Col. Monica Madero's move to the AETC CAG was announced. Madero is currently the commander of the 364th Training Squadron. She will work directly for Gen. Edward A. Rice Jr., AETC commander at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas.

All three selected for command positions have been given tentative assignment locations.

Kenerson will be moving to Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, to take over as the deputy commander of the 354th Maintenance Group, which provides aircraft and munitions maintenance support to the 354th Fighter Wing's F-16 aggressor aircraft.  The group also supports RED FLAG-Alaska, tanker task forces, along with transient and special mission aircraft.

Wydra, who arrived at Sheppard in July of last year, will be moving across base to become the deputy commander of the 982nd Training Group.  Previous to coming to Sheppard, Wydra was the 8th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron commander at Kunsan Air Base, Korea.

"I am excited about the challenge," Wydra said of being selected for his new position.

For Moore, being selected for a second consecutive command position, this time in a larger unit, nothing comes close to being a squadron commander.

"I have definitely enjoyed my time here as commander of the 82nd SFS," the major said. "(Incoming commander) will be primed and ready to do more great things with the fantastic people we have in the squadron.  Being a commander is easily the best job in the Air Force."