Submitted Photo Maj. Gen. Thomas Bussiere, Eighth Air Force commander, passes the guidon to Col. Bradley Cochran, right, the new 5th Bomb Wing commander, during the Minot bomb wing’s change of command ceremony at Minot Air Force Base on Thursday, shown in this photo by Senior Airman J.T. Armstrong. Cochran previously served as vice commander of the 28th Bomb Wing at Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota. Col. Matthew Brooks, who was commander of the Minot bomb wing for the past two years, retired.

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Maj. Gen. Thomas Bussiere, Eighth Air Force commander, passes the guidon to Col. Bradley Cochran, right, the new 5th Bomb Wing commander, during the Minot bomb wing’s change of command ceremony at Minot Air Force Base on Thursday, shown in this photo by Senior Airman J.T. Armstrong. Cochran previously served as vice commander of the 28th Bomb Wing at Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota. Col. Matthew Brooks, who was commander of the Minot bomb wing for the past two years, retired.