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Brig. Gen. Busch assumes command of Ogden Air Logistics Center

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  • By Lee Anne Hensley
  • Hilltop Times staff
HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah --  Maj. Gen. Kathleen D. Close relinquished command of the Ogden Air Logistics Center to Brig. Gen. Andrew E. Busch last week.

Prior to relieving Close of her command of the OO-ALC, Air Force Materiel Command Commander Gen. Don Hoffman highlighted the accomplishments Close experienced in her tenure.

"Her focus on the nuclear enterprise ensured that the most important job of our defense department and the protection of our country and the nuclear deterrent of our country were properly sustained. She has jumped into the increasingly difficult task of geriatric sustainment of aircraft ... Through the hard work of this depot and the leadership of General Close, we are fully ready to do the mission that we have today," he said.

General Close is now the director of Logistics and Sustainment at Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.

Hoffman will command both Close and Busch, and he expressed his confidence in Close's next-in-command. "We have another great commander coming in behind General Close. Andy Busch has the perfect set of experiences," he said.

Busch comes to Hill Air Force Base from Richmond, Va., where he was the commander of the Defense Supply Center Richmond. Busch also has experience in aircraft maintenance at the acquisition level and has been assigned to all three Air Force Air Logistics Centers, including a previous assignment to the OO-ALC from 1998 until 2000. At that time, Busch served as the center's deputy director for Logistics Management and director for Workload Transfer. Now as commander, Busch will be responsible for the center's four wings: the 75th Air Base Wing, 309th Maintenance Wing, 508th Aerospace Sustainment Wing and the 84th Combat Sustainment Wing, which is currently commanded by the 508th ASW.