TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Col. Melvin "Sonny" Giddings pins his new Honorary Commander, Mr. Frank Miranda, as 349th AMW Vice Commander, Col. John Williams, looks on. The 2013 Travis Honorary Commanders Induction ceremony Jan. 11 celebrated the transfer of past honoraries to alumni status, and welcomed new commanders to the three wings on base. Giddings, 349th Maintenance Group commander, transferred his past honorary, Mr. Thomas Phillippi, to alumni status, as he welcomed Miranda. Miranda, chairman of the new Solano County Republican Central Committee, is a Fairfield resident and lifelong Californian. He also runs his own construction company. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Master Sgt. Ellen Hatfield)