TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Col. Matthew J. Burger, 349th Operations Group commander (left), passes the flag of the 349th Air Mobility Operations Squadron to Lt. Col. Paul Hromanik, in a change of command ceremony here April 22. (U.S. Air Force photo / Capt. Robin Jackson)

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TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Col. Matthew J. Burger, 349th Operations Group commander, passesdthe flag of the 349th Air Mobility Operations Squadron to Lt. Col. Paul Hromanik, in a change of command ceremony here April 22. The ceremony was well attended by members of Team Travis. (U.S. Air Force photo / Capt. Robin Jackson)

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TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Col. Matthew J. Burger, 349th Operations Group commander, passed the flag of the 349th Air Mobility Operations Squadron to Lt. Col. Paul Hromanik, in a change of command ceremony here April 22. (U.S. Air Force photo / Capt. Robin Jackson)

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Col. Matthew J. Burger, 349th Operations Group commander, passed the flag of the 349th Air Mobility Operations Squadron to Lt. Col. Paul Hromanik, in a change of command ceremony here April 22. (U.S. Air Force photo / Capt. Robin Jackson)

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Col. Matthew J. Burger, 349th Operations Group commander, passed the flag of the 349th Air Mobility Operations Squadron to Lt. Col. Paul Hromanik, in a change of command ceremony here April 22. (U.S. Air Force photo / Capt. Robin Jackson)

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349th Air Mobility Operations Squadron gets new commander

Published April 25, 2012
By Capt. Robin Jackson
349th Public Affairs

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Col. Matthew J. Burger, 349th Operations Group commander, passes the flag of the 349th Air Mobility Operations Squadron to Lt. Col. Paul Hromanik, in a change of command ceremony here April 22.

The ceremony was well attended by members of Team Travis. The change of command ceremony is a time-honored tradition which formally symbolizes the continuity of authority as the command is passed from one officer to another.