Command of the RAAF’s Air Lift Group (ALG) officially transferred from Air Commodore John Oddie to Air Commodore Gary Martin on December 15.
AIRCDRE Oddie had been Commander ALG since December 2008, and in early 2011 will take up the position of Deputy Commander of Joint Task Force 633 in the Middle East Area of Operations (MEAO).
AIRCDRE Martin is a former CO 37SQN and OC 86WG, headed the C-17 Transition Team head, and has been the ADF’s MEAO Air Component Commander.