In his first address to the airmen at Fairchild as commander, Dycus said he was honored. leaders to help implement national security strategies.ĭycus is also a command pilot with more than 3,600 flying hours on the C-5 Galaxy, C-17 Globemaster III, the KC-46A Pegasus and the KC-135 Stratotanker. Prior to that assignment, he served as a national defense fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., where he provided Air Force and military expertise for U.S. Dycus was formerly the vice commander of the 22nd Refueling Wing at McConnell Air Force Base in Kansas.
Although, he and his family also are looking forward to some downtime, he said. Quoting Rocky Balboa, the outgoing commander said: “It ain’t about how hard you hit, it’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.”īentley, who has 24 years in the Air Force, is preparing for his next assignment as deputy director of the Transportation Command at Scott Air Force Base in southern Illinois. Cassius Bentley, turned his command over to Col. His command endured the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic in 20, as well as an August 2020 brushfire that forced base evacuations, and hazardous air quality that same summer, among other challenges.Īir Force personnel and guests walk between two KC-135 tanker aircraft arranged as a backdrop to the change of command ceremony at Fairchild Air Force Base on Monday, July 25, 2022. “No one gets tasked more, no one answers the call more, and we always deliver,” he said.īentley, who took command at Fairchild on July 1, 2020, also spoke in favor of the base’s resiliency in the face of challenges. The outgoing commander spent much of his outgoing address personally thanking the individuals he worked closest with across the base and expressing his gratitude to the 92nd Air Refueling Wing. “To the wing, I am sad today, but I am also very happy because you’re getting a great leader.” “It’s been fun, it’s been challenging at times, but mostly it’s been very rewarding,” Bentley said in his outgoing address, in front of two KC-135 Stratotankers.
Chesley Dycus, before a crowd of a few hundred airmen, their families and civic leaders in one of the base’s hangars.ĭycus assumed responsibility for the approximately 6,500 airmen, dependents and Department of Defense employees at Fairchild immediately after the ceremony. Cassius Bentley said goodbye to the airmen at Fairchild and passed the baton – or in this case the 92nd Air Refueling Wing flag called a guidon – to incoming commander, Col. The 92nd Air Refueling Wing bid a fond farewell to its commander of two years and welcomed in a new one during a change-of-command ceremony at Fairchild Air Force Base on Monday.Ĭol.
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