726th ACS welcomes new commander

Lt. Col. Sean Higgins, right, receives his unit’s guidon from Col. Michael Homola, 552nd Air Control Group commander, officially assuming command of the 726th Air Control Squadron during an April 22 ceremony attended by approximately 200 people at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. Colonel Higgins replaces Lt. Col. Ian Chambers, not pictured. Colonel Homola officiated the ceremony. The 726th ACS is a tenant unit of the 552nd ACG at Tinker AFB. The squadron’s responsible for mobile, decentralized command and control of joint operations by conducting threat warning, battle management, theater missile defense, weapons control, combat identification, and strategic communications. The 726th ACS is one of three USAF active-duty CRCs stationed in the United States. In recent years, “Hardrockers” have deployed on a sustained one-to-one dwell ratio in support of Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom, Noble Eagle and Air Defense of Arabian Gulf. (Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Chester Mientkiewicz/Released